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GAWLER VETERAN VINTAGE & CLASSIC VEHICLE CLUB

PO Box 640 Gawler 5118 www.gawlercarclub.com

CLUB AIMS To encourage the restoration, preservation and use of veteran, classic and other special interest vehicles.

To extend to owners, drivers, friends and all persons interested in such vehicles, the hospitality, privileges

and conveniences enjoyed in connection with the club

MEETINGS On the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the Gawler Sport and Community Centre, Nixon Terrace, Gawler at

7.00pm.

JOURNAL Available to all members bimonthly, on the web site or by post if preferred, in February, April, June,

August, October, and December or at meetings.

FEES Annual membership fee $70.00 due on 30 June (pro rata for new members). A “once only” joining fee of

$80 also applies to all new members (applies from 1 July 2016)

OFFICE BEARERS 2016/2017

PRESIDENT president@gawlercarclub.com

Fred Chapman

Nolene

PO Box 31 Mallala 5502

(164 Boundary Road,

Fischer 5502)

H 8527 4049

M 0434 493 167

VICE PRESIDENT vicepresident@gawlercarclub.com

Trevor Unsworth

Lyn

50 Joycelyne Ave. Surrey

Downs SA 5126

H 8289 5010 M 0402 891 891

SECRETARY secretary@gawlercarclub.com

Gavin Launer 91 Lyndoch Road

Gawler 5118

H:8522 4953 M 0422 998 980

TREASURER treasurer@gawlercarclub.com

David Kernich

Fran

5 Matz Court

Gawler 5118

H 8522 3302

M 0400 946 496

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY membership@gawlercarclub.com

Ron Stephens

Barbara

PO Box 287 (19 Glenlivet Ct)

Greenwith 5125

M 0417 848 541

EVENTS DIRECTOR events@gawlercarclub.com

Bruce Williams

Anne

56 Christine Ave

Hillbank 5112

H 8252 5971 M 0402 900 397

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Corrie Wake

Bob Carr

David Moule

Lorraine East

4 Jarvis St Willaston 5118

12 Allwood Dr, Gawler East 5118

23 Seaview Road, Yatala Vale 5126

9 Lord Lyndoch St Lyndoch

H 8522 2373

H 8522 4017

H 8289 0436

H 85244598

M 0407 717 666

M 0432 619 232

M 0418 404 140

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CLUB APPOINTMENTS 2016/2017

PUBLIC: OFFICER publicofficer@gawlercarclub.com

Peter Bailey

Kaye

4 Melaleuca Drv

Gawler East 5118 H 8522 5248 M:0424 070 812

JOURNAL EDITOR editor@gawlercarclub.com

Paul Barnet PO Box 102 Gawler 5118

Allendale Rd Kalbeeba

M 0407 473 177

PUBLICITY OFFICER publicity@gawlercarclub.com

Trevor Bellchambers

Lyn

28 Cheek Ave

Gawler East 5118

H 8522 1864 M 0414 397 737

AUDITOR shane@bmusic.com.au

Shane Bailey 19 Rosella Circuit

Hewett 5118

H 8523 2131 M 0418 825 497

HISTORICAL VEHICLE

REGISTRARS

Brett Unsworth

Jenelle

PO Box 506 Freeling 5372

16 Heinrich Rd Freeling

M 0419 842 062

registrar@gawlercarclub.com Norman Matthews

Judy

3 Valencia Court

Craigmore 5114

H 8254 3569 M 0409 813 051

Martin Stephens

Glenys

5 Gadd Ave

Crystal Brook 5523

H 8636 2494 M 0422 830 365

Peter Tooth

Helen

7 Stithians Drv

Gawler East 5118

H 8522 1550 M 0407 316 423

RESTORATION COORDINATOR trevans114@gmail.com

Trevor Evans

Rosemarie

114 Bassnet Rd

Humbug Scrub 5114

H 8280 7598

FEDERATION REPRESENTATIVE

Gerry Petrus

Karen

4 Kerr Road

Gawler Belt 5118

H 8284 7808 M 0412 396 130

SWAP MEET CO-ORDINATOR swapmeet@gawlercarclub.com

Brian Sambell

Glenys

7 Melaleuca Dve Gawler

East ,Po box 730

H 8522 2871 M 0407 975 003

SEAL HOLDERS Tony Traeger, Tony Hayton

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS 2015/2016

SUPPER PERSON: Barbara McLellan DRINKS PERSON: Gerry Petrus

FUNCTIONS COMMITTEE Tim Harvey M 0439 546 745, Steven Harvey M 0414 900 277, Lorraine East H 8524 4598

WEBMASTER webmaster@gawlercarclub.com

Peter Bailey H 8522 5248 M:0424 070 812 MERCHANDISING Kingsley Branson H 8522 3457

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GVVCVC President Fred’s Chat……………

Hello to all our

members,

Unfortunately for

you & also myself, I

have been requested

by our Editor, to

provide a regular

letter for inclusion in

the GVVCVC

Journal. My first

reaction to this

request was, is this

really necessary?. I

raised the request at our last Committee Meeting asking for

comment & to my surprise & disappointment, the request

was strongly supported.

Following that discussion I can see now the benefit of

such an initiative. We have just a little under 500 Members.

Of these, approximately only 100 or so regularly attend our

Club`s G.Ms. (even less our AGM). Although we hold, on

average, 3 Club Runs per month, these are usually attended

by the same regular bunch of around 50 people. In addition

we find that there is a regular number of around 30 to 40

members who always volunteer to assist with all of the

activities that are required for the Club to provide all of its

members with the Runs, Outings & Activities that our

Committee believes you are looking for.

It is therefore quite obvious that that without our Regular

Journal, provided by our previous Editor Alvin Jenkin &

which has served us so well during his time in the position

that there is no real opportunity for all of our members to be

kept informed about what our Committee are directing their

activities to & also how the thoughts & wishes of our

members are being addressed. We have a replacement for

our Editor ,who has a small team to assist him now that

Alvin is enjoying a rest from the pressure, I hope. The

recent Journal produced by our Editor Paul Barnet indicates

that he has risen to the task & with help from his support

team should be able to meet the challenge.

What would be a great help would be for any of you who

may have a question or an issue to raise, just firstly, speak to

a Committee Member. It may be that other members may

also have the same view. You can see how important it is

therefore that you get your message across. This is not a

criticism of anyone who may be reluctant to speak up.

Instead it is merely an encouragement to enable any of our

less outspoken members to raise their issues on a one to one

basis with one of the Committee members. I am happy to

discuss any matters or concerns with members & I do try to

be approachable. I do also believe that it is my responsibility

to ensure that we, as a Committee, are providing you all

with a Club that is delivering the sort of Club that you want

to be a member of.

Just to clarify a few misconceptions, I need to explain

that your Committee is not there to make decisions on your

behalf. Their function is to follow the objectives of the club

as defined in the Constitution (of which you should all hold

a copy). The Committee consist of 10 Office bearers ;

The President, the Secretary, & the Treasurer as Directors.

In addition there are the Vice President, the Events

Coordinator, the Membership Secretary & 4 additional

Committee Members . Also there are a number of additional

people who are appointed by the Committee to carry out

specific duties.

There are also currently 2 Sub Committees Appointed by

& reporting to the Committee. These are the Functions Sub

Committee, 3 Members & the Club Facilities Committee 5

Members. The Position of Public Officer, held by our long

standing Public Officer Peter Bailey, is appointed by the

Committee. There is a list of Committee Members, Sub

Committee Members & appointed individuals shown on the

second Page of our Bimonthly Journal.

To further Clarify you need to understand that all issues are

managed & actioned by the Committee. Their responsibility

therefore is to manage the affairs of the club & comply with

any Legal Requirements. The Committee cannot make any

final decisions & they are required to Review, Process all

matters & after careful consideration prepare a

Recommendation to be presented to the Members For their

acceptance & approval.

The Sub Committees are required to carry out their

Activities as directed by the Committee & report on their

progress regularly to the Committee. At each point along

the way it is the responsibility of the Committee to advise

the Club Members of the progress to date & also to put any

recommendations to the Members for their approval.

I do hope that this letter has been of value to you & that it

has not been too tiresome to read through. I believe that it

was necessary that you all have an understanding of the

operations of your Club & how your Committee are

committed to ensure that your wishes & issues addressed.

It is my intention to provide you with an update on all of the

issues currently before the Committee at our next G.M. &

from there on I will provide a regular update via the Journal.

Regards your

President

Fred Chapman

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Greetings fellow car enthusiasts………………..

My story with vehicles begins at the age of 12 on my

grandfathers farm at Peterborough when my brother and I

resurrected Grandpa/s old 1924 Dodge Tourer as a hotrod to

scream around in and learn to drive. WOW did we have

some fun and also many prangs with trees and not judging

the gateway areas proper?

From this episode the next was motorbikes, BSA =

Triumph =Norton =Yamaha, and even an old Harley that

Grandpa and Grandma used to use (many prangs off of that

as it was so heavy and hard to maneuver)?

As my father owned the BP service station opposite

Maccas on Adelaide Road Gawler south from when I was 14

my car ownership began as I was doing an apprenticeship on

mechanical knowledge and had the opportunity to check out

and test drive up and down Eighth street (without a licence I

must add), police were great blokes then?

At 16, I bought a Terraplane Sedan from a bloke at

Wasleys (doors opened forward) and it was a real fun car as

it was all that parents and I could afford.

The funniest thing with that vehicle was when one night

we were hooning around the town and when we turned at

the end of 12th street to go up over the over way bridge the

nice chick in the passenger seat accidentally crabbed the

door handle (no seat belts) and the door flew open and hit

the light pole and wiped it off. She then moved over next to

me (that was great) and we stopped and went back to pick it

up off the pole, we then went up to Wingnuts (Rawlings)

Servo Willaston and welded it back on.

After working at the BP servo (Dads) I saved up to buy my

real cars a 36 ford Coupe from Ashley Pratt of Willaston,

Wow what a beast and did I ever have fun in that.

We used to go to the drive-in, two in the front and 4 in

the dicky seat in the back (lid shut of course) Cheap night

for those 4, only got caught once. Only twice drove off after

the movie with the speaker still inside the window, Shit it

made a mess of the window and scared the crappe out of us

also?

Next vehicle was an Austin A40 =followed by a zephyr

Sedan (pompoms around the inside of the window and

leopard skin seat covers) and of course a foxtail from the

Arial.

Next came a Ford custom line Twin Spinner, great car but

the coppers did not like the way it sounded and how fast it

went??

Working up in the Yunta area on a Sheep and cattle

station then I also started racing motorbikes and doing stunt

riding around that area. One stunt that did not come off was

when I tried to jump a dam on Wininninie Station and all

went well but when I was in the air half way across the dam

the bloody front wheel fell out and I closed my eyes and

expected the worst summersaulting down the other side and

ended up with a broken leg in two places. (Bloody

Triumphs?)

My mates took me back to the homestead and the boss was

not impressed and said that I was a dickhead and that I

would have to take myself to the doctor?

That night was hell and next morning I drove the ford

custom line down to Peterborough to the hospital (broken

leg looking like a mushroom) and on entering the hospital

gate I wondered how I would get anyone to help so I drove

up to the front door and sat on the horn (which was Colonel

Booggy)? It did not take someone too long to come and get

me?

Then I moved back to Gawler after 4 years up in the

Bush, worked at Roseworthy College (Transport Trainer and

Bus Driver) and worked part time at the Amoco (now BP)

Servo in Murray Street.

I became involved with racing, drag racing and motorcycles,

bought the Service station with my Wife Glenys and

operated that for 16 years successfully. Opened up other

Businesses =Gawler Motorcycles= Gawler Auto

Accessories Shop employing at one time 12 persons.

Cars through that time were many, Holden Kingswood

=VW Sports Station Ghia=Monaro 350 two door =Ford

Tudor coupe =many varied motorcycles (mainly Honda)

=Toyota Land cruisers =and now Ford Maverick Wagon and

two Land cruiser wagons and a RAV 4.

Vintage car at present is a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe

(awaiting Full restoration) that has only done 38000miles

from California (ladies shopping car).

Thank you Trevor Bellchambers and his team of supporters

and followers in developing the Gawler Vintage and Veteran

car club for all to enjoy as we all do today. WOW what a

success story .

My involvement throughout my life has been very

supportive in this club, organizing two swap meets and was

instrumental in forming the GAWLER ROAD KNIGHTS

CAR CLUB and active in THE GAWLER

MOTORCYCLE CLUB along with the GAWLER BMX

CLUB and

the Short lived GAWLER MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB.

I have had a great life in this area and look forward to many

more years of enjoying Motoring in any way possible =

bring it on, I am still a rev head==speedway starts up again

in October,

cannot wait.

I'll be seeing

you around,

as your new

Swap Meet

“go to guy”

Brian

Sambell

Brian as a young rally driver in a 1924 Dodge

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All runs commence at the North end of Princes Park , Nixon Terrace ,Gawler. P.P. All Club Meetings will be held in the Gawler Sport and Community Centre Nixon Tce Gawler on

3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.pm.

OCTOBER

Sat 1 Sun 2 Mon 3…… Peterborough Long

Weekend run . Drive independently to

Peterborough. Org Fred Chapman.

Wed 5th …………………………. No Sparrow run

Sun 9th ……………. Nildottie run M 0900 L 0930

P.P. Join up with the Mid Mallee Auto Club and help

celebrate their 15th Anniversary. Our vehicles will be

on display also watch the Bathurst V8 Races on big

screen and other displays there. Travel to Angaston

for morning tea then via Swan Reach to Nildottie

main street and possibly home via Walkers

Flat. BYO MT & Lunch. Org Bruce Williams

Tues 18th ……Club Meeting 7pm. R Dyer to speak

on his Woomera Security Experiences.

Sun 23rd ……. Clare run M 0900 L 0930

P.P. BYO Morning tea Riverton Oval. Then

on to Saddleworth Museum $5 entry .From there

to Clare for BYO lunch at Inchiquin Lake,

Melrose Park.,where the Clare Valley Model

Engineers will be operating their Trains

from 1.30pm $2 per ride. Org Lorraine East.

NOVEMBER

Sun 6th ……… Sparrow run M 0900 L 0930 P.P. to

Maranello Restaurante Salisbury ,opposite Train

Station. Enjoy Buffett Breakfast. $9.90. Then

drive to Garden Grove for a look around and

possibly back to Gawler via Snake

Gully. Org Anne Williams.

Tues 15th ……. Club Meeting 5.30pm Bring your

Club Vehicle. BBQ tea . Org Lorraine East.

Sat 19th ……Mannum Freshwater Classic M 0900 L

0930 P.P. Drive direct to Mannum . Area reserved

on waterfront to display our classics .There will be

other mechanical displays also and interesting events

all day. Org Graham Butler.

Sun 27th…….Paech Farm Mt Barker. M 0900 L 0930

P.P. Cost $15 includes admission, morning tea and

lunch. Enjoy the drive and the many antiques including

machinery and cars. Org Geoff Francis.

DECEMBER Sun 4th………….. Riverton run M 0900 L 0930

P.P. Visit Olive Oil packaging works morning coffee &

tea provided for small donation . Then visit well known

local artist Robert Hannaford gallery to view his work. From

there to Riverton Oval for BYO lunch. After lunch look

through the local Scholz Park Museum. Gold Coin

Donation. Org Geoff Francis Thurs 8th………. Mallala Xmas Party Meet

Airport road. 5.30pm Colin

Castenelli

Sun 11th…………..Club Xmas

Dinner 5.00pm Colin Jones Property Womma

Rd Penfield

Friday 16th………………….… Two Wells Xmas

Parade 6.30pm Org R Dyer.

Friday 16th……………….…… Freeling Xmas

Street Party. 4pm Org Trevor Bellchambers.

Sat 17th ……………………….Hamley Bridge

Street Party.5.30pm Org Bob Houston

Tues 20th…………..Club Meeting Please bring a

plate of food for supper.

JANUARY Sun 8th…………………. Sparrow run to

Birkenhead Tavern M 0800 L 0830 P.P. After

breakfast visit the Port Markets. Org Bruce

Williams.

Tues 17th …………………….Club Meeting 7pm

Thurs 26th ………...Australia Day run to

Balaklava organised this year by the MAPS

Club.

Organisers contact numbers Fred Chapman 0434 493 167

Bruce Williams 0402 900 397

Trevor Bellchambers 0414 397 737

Lorraine East 0407 977 306

R ( Bob ) Dyer 0427 616 090

Anne Williams 0499 420 078, Graham Butler 8522 2822

Geoff Francis 0409 828 022

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MURRAY BRIDGE RUN………………………….. Sunday, July 31

We started at Princes Park with a little morning drizzle and glad to

have the sheltered area to the rear alongside of the Train Line to get

together for the start. We welcomed our loyal members all the way

from Ardrossan Mike Mary and Maisey Osborne .

At 0900 we drove along through the hills and turned across through

Mt Pleasant and then down to have our BYO morning tea in good

weather at the Palmer Oval Complex.

After our short break we traveled on to the Rotary Market at Murray

Bridge. The local club Event Director Claude Minge had arranged a

Display area for us on an area within the grounds and this saved us a lot

of time chasing car parks as there was a large crowd there for the market.

After having lunch and a good look around there we then drove down

to the Murray waterfront area where some of the local motor club and the

Riley club came to meet us and brought down their club cars for us to

check out.

Some of us then went to The Serenity Garden Centre on the Mannum

road to have a good look around through this very interesting business.

Our President had a lot of trouble with his Graham Paige and on two

occasions had to be towed to start by two different Mercedes Benz. The

vice President had a busy time there also and sold lots of our Mini Raffle

tickets to the Murray Bridge club members. Good Onya Trun.

I think that most of us enjoyed this outing except maybe for poor Fred and

Noelene. Regards. Brewan.

Mike, Errol, Tony and Barry having a giggle

Murray Bridge club Events director Claude Minge and his 1924 Nash Hearse.

our club cars on display

Tony with his Imp Magnificent Riley

Wolseley

Errol and Barry chew the fat

Noelene and Barbara

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SPARROW RUN TO GUMERACHA……….….Sunday, August 7 Today 46 members and relatives enjoyed the Sparrow run to Gumeracha Big Rocking Horse

Restaurant.

We went along the scenic road through Deadmans Pass and then up and along the ranges to

Kersbrook where most of us drove on through Chain of Ponds, but some took the Alpine

route up Checkers hill and along to the back of Gumeracha. The weather was good for this

time of the year and we were served a good breakfast there and had a good social time

between us.

Most of us went along a different route back home after having enjoyed the earlier

breakfast Thanks to Corrie for organising this run .

Regards Brewan.

ANNUAL DINNER………. Saturday, August 20

64 members attended this dinner held on the top floor of the new

Greyhound main building .

A two course meal was provided and was served in alternating dishes.

Entertainment was well done by Cheryl and Gavin with their version of

Irish counting. That Gavin has many talents. The President Fred and

Events Director Bruce handed out small prizes to the many helpers

working with Bruce in the Events areas. Fred also spoke about the

Trophies for the most unlucky member on a run, Brian Roberts and the

Award for Classic vehicle restoration Peter Dalton.

Mike Williams was thanked for his management of the Swap

Meet over the last years and Alvin Jenkins for his outstanding

work as Journal Editor.

Thanks to our new committee member and Function

Manager Lorraine East for her organisation of this dinner.

Regards Brewan

Ian and Corrie snack and chat cars

Corrie's E type Jaguar Ron and Barb doing brekkie The Macalister Valiant Bill and Lyn at breakfast

Geoff and a beautiful Jaguar ....with the hood down the motor inspectors at work

Mike receiving Trophy from President Fred for Swap Meet management etc

Alvin receiving small gift from Fred for his outstanding work as past Journal Editor

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Lyn & Bill

SHED RUN…...Wednesday, August 24

Well today was a blokes day with a total of 56 members on this

run but only a few of the finer sex dared to make it out. However we

sure made use of these women who with Lyn presented a top

Devonshire morning tea at their busy Cheek Ave Motel. Corries was

the first on the Shed list and we were able to have a good look at the

Club Raffle Mini and his many cars. After that up to Trev & Lyns

for a Devonshire morning tea and a check out of their many

interesting vehicles including the Wedding or Doomsday vehicles.

From there across to the Tooth sheds that made most of us feel

inferior with the high level of hospital strength cleanliness of the

sheds adorned with Toranas and a Harley, with a Mini hoisted

above. Peter T's Family Torana

Cheryl & Gavin John & Joy Kaye & Lyn

Linda & Ian Steven & Lorraine E

Paul & Marianne Anne& Anthony Catherine & Trevor

More Annual Dinner photos

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Then on to Lyndoch where we enjoyed a top meal as we almost

overloaded that hotel eating area………………………………

After lunch the girlies checked out the Op Shop and then we drove on

to Sandy Creek to have a look at Piet's classic cars which were mainly

imported from South Africa like him and his family. A great mob to

be sure.

After a good look around there we continued on and visited David

Hardings very interesting sheds where he has 6 standing engines ,a

Ford T coupe ,Customline and a 38 Ford coupe. all in top condition

and tidy as a Vietnam Vet would have it.

I would say that everyone enjoyed this Shed Run and thanks to Trevor

Bellchambers and Lyn for their organisation of this event.

Regards Brewan right: Peter T’s multi story shed

David’s gold Roll’s

Clive's magnificent Lotus

David's 36 Ford Coupe

Piet with his hood up

Steve chats about Mini’s and MG’s

David's Ford model T coupe

Piet's South African Mercurys'

Piet's Ford coupe

Liz and Merilyn enjoy morning tea

A great day to be out and about

Motors motors everywhere

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OLD CAR DAY , BETHANY..........................Thursday, September 1

Co-ordinator, June Kent …………Wattle Day,

First day of spring and what a glorious morning for a car run,

the vehicles and their drivers and passengers started to arrive at

Fremont Park Playford at 0900, June and Dave were there to

welcome the participants, the first to arrive as the Elizabeth

Town Centre clock struck nine was as usual Trevor Unsworth,

armed with his freshly cut sprigs of Golden Wattle to give out

to all the participants.

June finally managed to marshal the group together (without

the Voice) as Martin was not joining us this year from Crystal

Brook not so many attendee’s this year, thirty-five in 25

historic vehicles, some coming from Glenelg and beyond, but it

is a working day for most.

Like all good coordinators June ensured that everyone signed

the attendance sheet and received their participation sticker,

also explaining the route we would be taking, ready to move off

at 0930,but where was and Trevor he was missing, apparently

he had found a Golden Wattle tree in the park and was

replenishing his supply of Wattle sprigs for the other

participants who would be meeting us at Bethany (lucky no

Park Rangers around)

Along with the gang of council workers there were also some

spectators from Victoria who admired our cars and when we

left the park they waved us off, they had heard about the

gathering on Jeremy Cordeaux Five aa radio show,(Perhaps we

could invite Jeremy along next year as he is known to own

several collector cars).

We commenced our drive from Elizabeth via the Main North

Road passing along through Munno Para and on to Gawler;

from there we travelled via Sandy Creek where we got a wave

from club member Piet Van Rooyen who was in his front

Garden, on arriving at Lyndoch we joined up with other

participants for morning refreshments from the local cafe and

bakery and the customarily visit to the little boys and girls

rooms.

Proceeding on to Bethany Dave and June being in the slowest

car, their 1945 Tourer Standard Flying 8, brought up the rear,

closely followed by Alan Martin in his Wolseley1500, Alan

claims he thought we were actually flying backwards when too

very large B doubles past in the opposite direction. (June held

on to the soft top hoping not to lose it)

On arrival at Bethany, participants from other clubs and other

like minded old car owners who came out for the day were

greeted by Alvin and his stalwart band of club marshals who

managed to park the cars, Alvin toured around to attempt to

Trevor, Fred and Nolene grab a bite to eat

a very nice Vintage Renault

Stunning red Ford

1927 Chrysler Roadster

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count the vehicles on display but some members

deliberately interrupted his count , he managed up to 148

but there was more likely 180 as cars were still coming in

after lunch when some others were leaving.

Overall a good friendly gathering and several excellent

cars we had not seen before see you all next year.

Dabtoe

SWAP MEET Weekend….................................Sunday September 11th

Swap Meet

Success….

Well wasn’t that a great Swap Meet

weekend , the weather was magnificent

and the crowds made the most of it ,

With a member volunteer group of

approximately 100 making the event

run like a Swiss watch, as per normal,

with members working tirelessly

together to pull it off from Saturday till

Sunday , well done and pat yourselves

on the back for a job well done,

according to the treasurer, income was a bit bit less than last year (but better than the previous year) , full financial

results are not yet finalized as all expenses are not yet all to hand .

Above : a chin wags in the shade, far left:: a Lovely FJ Holden and left a very neat Vauxall

left: Alvin's Javlin degrilled, above a 1936 Chrysler and above right a great vintage car display.

Mini Raffle tickets went off like hot cakes

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With more buyers and less sellers it boded well for our Service Clubs with their food stalls ( our club BBQ team

cooked over 350 snags with many thanks to Lorraine ) as consumers needing food and coffee to sustain them while

swapping cash/ goods or stories and meeting up with old friends or chatting to new ones.

With the wet areas in the grounds reducing our parking areas we were lucky that seller numbers were a bit lighter

than expected.

The swap meet can always be improved and I am sure the new coordinator Brian Sambell would welcome

constructive suggestions on how to improve it going forward.

In closing I thank all the members who helped making the event a success in fact all members who have assisted

over the past 5 years.

The GVV&CVC can be very proud of its swap meet but as a club we can't be complacent as additional State

Government requirements and Local Government road measures will keep us on our toes.

Mike Williams

Retiring Swap Meet Coordinator

STEAMRANGER RUN…………………… Sunday, September 18th

WOW .. It looks like most of our mob might be Old Train

Buffs with 85 going on this Steamranger Run outing. Most

of us drove to Mt Barker in moderns and boarded the train

there.

Because of the large number of old carriages involved there

was a Diesel Loco helping the old Steamy through the

hills. With the smoke and burnt coal smell this reminded

some of us of earlier times in our youth. We saw many

Kangaroos ,stock animals and old car wrecks in back yards..

The Goolwa Market was in full swing when we arrived at

the station for a break and most of us enjoyed the look around

there. From Goolwa we proceeded along the line to Pt Elliot

which was the oldest public line with steel rails in Australia

(1854) and was originally built to provide an outlet for the

Murray River trade but was extended to Victor Harbor after 7 ships were wrecked

in the harbour.

Victor Harbour was swamped by the Rock and Rollers ,old cars and many

bands. We had lunch there and a good look around before boarding the again for

the returning to Mt Barker arriving there around 6.30pm

I am sure that everyone enjoyed this outing and was another great run

organised by Lorraine and Barry Many thanks to them

Regards Brewan.

Steamranger at Mt Barker

Noeline and Fred Cheryle and Gavin Brian and Trevor

Run organisers Lorraine and Barry

Cuddles on the platform

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MOTORFEST 2016......Wednesday, September 21

On Wednesday the 21st of September the GVV&CVC hosted day 3 of the

2016 Motorfest activities.

Following the traditional get together over morning tea & biscuits the run

was underway from Motorfest Headquarters Glandore at 9:30 am to our

first destination, Highercombe Museum where morning tea was served as

we viewed the many displays of the areas heritage. The run then

proceeded through Upper Hermitage and Snake Gully to Dead Man’s Pass

for a BBQ lunch from our wonderful BBQ trailer with some magnificent

views of the hills & the Gulf along the way.

After the BBQ and viewing of the members cars on display we moved

on through Murray St. to Bruce Fletcher’s Collection of some rare Jaguars

and wooden boats in Willaston.

Our final destination was the She oak Log Museum with a fantastic

collection of stationary engines and farm machinery which many were

started by Bob Ahrens to demonstrate how they operate, some were

operated with petrol & Diesel with the steam units operating on

compressed air. There was also a rare 1928 Nash utility owned by Bob.

69 participants entered the event with several coming from A far a

field as Northern Territory, Queensland, NSW & Victoria. Our Car

Club certainly lived up to our reputation and has received much

congratulation and good comment from many of the participants and

personal praise from the Federation Committee. Much of the praise and

comment is to our Marshals and catering officials who put in a fantastic

effort for the club & hospitality to our quests. Thanks also to the many

members who displayed vehicles at the Pass.

Apologies if I do not mention all the officials as I do not wish to miss

any of you, you all know who you are so give yourself a well deserved

pat on the back for supporting this fantastic event and a job well done.

Some I must mention who go the extra yards are :- David Prest - Run

Organizer, Geoff Francis – Tee Tree Gully Organizer, Lorraine East –

Catering Manager Graham Butler – Jaguar Display at Willaston. Our

Club can be very proud to have so many willing helpers to support these

great events.

Reminder:- Next year’s Motorfest Classic is already in the planning

stages – Please give Trevor Evans all the support he needs for this one

also.

TRUN

Fred and a great member team at Dead Mans Pass

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BAY TO BIRDWOOD RUN………………….Sunday September 25th

This year the Bay to Birdwood Run was under many challenges

including heavy rains leading up to the event and a change of route

due to road works on hackney Road.

We formed up on to Barrett Reserve at 6:00 am in our particular

groupings with the veterans at the Start alongside this year’s

celebrated Marque being Packards whom are holding their National

Rally here. GVV&CVC members Mark & Morag Jenkinson were

entered with two Packards.

There were 1000 vehicles entered, 300 short of the 1300 required.

Although we received some slight drizzle on the trip down the

weather held off for the rest of the day and there was a great

opportunity to view the vehicles and catch up with many of the

participants. At 8:30 am the Veterans were flagged off by Glen

Dix followed by the Concours and Vintage vehicles.

I was the lead vintage vehicle not far behind the lead vehicles. The new

route along Cross Rd. & Portrush Rd. was easy being mostly two lane

including the turns at the traffic lights with a great number of spectators

considering the cold conditions. Not long along the Run we found ourselves

up with the lead vehicles and three Police vehicles. Other vehicles were now

passing us but no one game enough to challenge the Police vehicles for the

lead. We decided to remain in third position and the run from Inglewood all

the way to Birdwood developed into a one lane parade. Half of the road near

the Gorge R. intersection had collapsed so if we were using a two lane one

way as in the past the one lane merge would have created more congestion.

After a pleasant journey and without drama we arrived at Birdwood at 10:20

am. and immediately headed to the food and other necessary facilities.

Due to the heavy rains the week before much of the grassed areas were

roped off with the food stalls on the bitumen near the main entrance. Despite

the weather and route changes this run was still a fantastic experience and

loved by the public as shown by their support along the way.

It is our premier event of the year supported by all clubs around Australia

and envied around the world and we should be proud to have it here and call it

ours.

With the Bay to Birdwood being the premier event for us car enthusiasts and

our wonderful club supported by 500 members it is disappointing that only 13

GVV&CVC members participated in this world class event.

Thanks to those who participated in supporting the event and show casing our

great club. They deserve a mention, order of entry:- Trevor Unsworth,

Alec Harris, Anthony Page, Alby Grey, Howard Locking R Geue ,Graham

Ferris , Mark Jenkinson , Morag Jenkinson, John Clifton, Gordon Koch ,

Fred Chapman, G Dunn and Gavin Launer.

Some of our club

enthusiasts were spotted

along the route, thanks

to them for supporting

this magnificent event.

TRUN

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One of our club members, Graham Lucas, has passed away

recently. Our condolences to his wife Kaye and family

now thats a workshop complete with audience

To the Editor,

Greetings Gawler Car Club Members

The 29th Down Under London to Brighton Run for

Veteran vehicles will be conducted on Sunday 30th October

2016. The event will start with vehicles assembling at

London Road Mile End from 9.30am in time for a 10.00am

departure for morning tea at the Combined Car Club

Clubrooms at Glandore. From there it is off to Brighton and

the rest of the Run.

On behalf of the Vintage Sports Car Club I am

endeavouring to contact all past entrants to invite them to

enter this year’s Run. Due to our Club’s fundraising efforts

and some generous sponsors we have been able to keep the

cost of entry at ten dollars, which we understand has been

the case for many years. We will also have larger London

Buns this year; and have put in place steps to ensure that the

London Road start is better organised. Apart from that we

have taken notice of the feedback received after the 2015

Run and are keen to ensure that the “Down Under London

to Brighton” remains an iconic event for Veteran Vehicles

on the South Australian Motoring Calendar.

We would love to have you join us on Sunday 20th

October for the Run. With that in mind I have attached an

Entry form which can be e-mailed, or posted to the Run

Directors. Ian Loader and Rod Wood are the Run

Directors. They will be pleased to answer any questions you

may have. Their contact details are shown below.

The e-mail address for entries is events@vsccsa.org.au

or if you prefer Australia Post it is Rodney Wood, 5 Ian

Street, Morphett Vale SA 5162.

Cheers WAYNE WOOD Honorary Secretary

The Vintage Sports Car Club of SA Inc. 0412 086 587

To the Editor,

Dear Car Club Members ,

With Dads ( Rob Macalister) move to Trevu Residential

Care, he’s now got a laptop so he can be in contact again

from his new location…

However, we’ve had to create him a new email address as

no one knew the password of his old one and we had no

other option than to create a new one so please update

your records.

He now has his computer and it is good for him to be

back online!

His mobile phone number hasn’t changed but his home

phone will be disconnected at some point…. But feel free

to call him on his mobile (0407 719 380).

Thanks, Lindy.

To the Editor

Once upon a time …..(a story found by car member

Anthony)…….

A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company

(General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the

Missouri River. Both teams practised long and hard to reach

their peak performance before the race.

On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile . The

Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to

investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A

management team made up of senior executives was formed

to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their

conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people paddling and 1

person steering, while the American team had 7 people

steering and 2 people paddling. Feeling a deeper study

was in order, American management hired a consulting

company and paid them a large amount of money for a

second opinion. They advised, of course, that too many

people were steering the boat, while not enough people were

paddling. Not sure of how to utilize that information, but

wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing

team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4

steering supervisors, 2 area steering superintendents and 1

assistant superintendent steering manager.

They also implemented a new performance system that

would give the 2 people paddling the boat greater incentive

to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First

Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the

paddlers. There was discussion of getting new paddles,

canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for

practices, and performance bonuses for the managers. The

pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and

some of the resultant savings were channelled into morale

boosting programs and teamwork posters.

The next year the Japanese won by two miles.

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Humiliated, the American management team laid off one

paddler, halted development of a new canoe, sold all the

paddles, and cancelled all capital investments for new

equipment. The money saved was distributed to the senior

executives as bonuses.

The next year, try as he might, the lone designated

paddler was unable to even finish the race (having no

paddles), so he was laid off for unacceptable performance,

all canoe equipment was sold and the next year's racing team

was out-sourced to India. Sadly, the End.

Here's something else to think about: GM has spent

the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US,

claiming they can't make money paying American wages.

TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than

a dozen plants inside the US. The last year's results:

TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while GM racked up 9

billion in losses.

GM folks are still scratching their heads, and collecting

bonuses...

IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY

To the Editor..

To Everyone who helped or displayed cars for our Motorfest

Run on Wednesday 21st September 2016.

THANK YOU! And well done, I think we did the club

proud with a great run for the participants who were mostly

from other clubs and some from interstate.

Every guest seemed to be enjoying themselves and almost

everyone stayed on to the end – 3:30-4:00pm!

I would like to thank everyone who helped personally, but

there were too many to do that.

However, I would especially like to thank Trevor Unsworth

who was not only my mentor while organising the event, but

also a great helper, so thank you very much Trun.

Others who I think need a special mention are, in order of

the events…

· Geoff and Jeanne Boundy who did the whole run

prepared to assist anyone in trouble.

· Geoff Francis, Gill Starks and volunteers at the

Highercombe Museum, special people and a very special

place.

· David Moule for his early advise, and help on the day.

· Gavin Launer and Corrie Wake for tremendouse help

with the Dead Man Pass setup etc.

· Fred Chapman for has help and announcements, it

always looks good when the President of a club addresses

the guests at a function like this.

· Lorraine East. Wow, does she do a mean BBQ? And

thanks to all those who put in the hard yards helping her.

· Bruce Fletcher – gorgeous Jags and Mustangs! Who

would let a bunch of complete unknowns wander around

their property? (Bruce was interstate!)

· Graham and Dorothy Butler who organised and

displayed their own and Bruce’s vehicles (and wooden

water craft!) so beautifully on the day.

· Bob Ahrens and his offsider at the Shea-Oak Log

Museum. What great guys and what a fantastic setup! I

knew an old bush mechanic whose truck broke down once in

the middle of nowhere. He diagnosed a failed condenser. He

pulled the condenser to bits, found the shorted out section,

cut it out and reassembled the condenser. Like a can of

worms the papers wouldn’t go back Wonderful!

Thank you to the many marshals and other helpers (too

many to list), some who stood freezing on corners, but

helped make the day so great. Several participants have

commented on how terrific it was to have directions given by

marshals. Again, thank you all.

Cheers David Prest.

CONDENSERS AND PITTING OF POINTS………..

I have had problems in the past and have put

together this article from a few sources hoping it will be

helpful to club members. A standard tune-up at the local

garage was always points, plugs and condenser. The

condenser does not care if it is 12 or 6 volts. Basically the

only thing that makes a condenser fail is an internal

problem. This is quite common with Chinese parts. If the

condenser and coil are exactly matched, the points will

never burn. If you get a crater in one and a peak on the

other contact it indicates the wrong value condenser.

"The direction in which the tungsten is transferred gives an

indication for correcting the situation. If the tungsten

transfers from the negative to the positive point one or two

corrections may be made. Increase the capacity of the

condenser, shorten the condenser lead, separate high and

low tension leads between the coil and distributor, move

these leads closer to the engine block. If the transfer is from

the positive to negative point, reduce condenser capacity,

move low and high leads closer together and/or away from

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the engine block, or lengthen condenser lead." {from a

Delco book}

If you have a Pertronics electronic ignition and coil then you

have no points or condenser.

I knew an old bush mechanic whose truck broke

down once in the middle of nowhere. He diagnosed a failed

condenser. He pulled the condenser to bits, found the

shorted out section, cut it out and reassembled the

condenser. Like a can of worms the papers wouldn’t go back

in the condenser tin, so he wrapped them up with electrical

tape and left them hanging. A very smart mechanic.

Happy motoring, Barry Sweetman

I saw this comment recently on the internet and thought it

was interesting to share. Barry Sweetman……….

Motor runs rough?

I have seen high output coils on older engines tend to make

carbon tracks in the cap, and even on the rotor. Reason, I

surmise, is due to the older engine having more blow by,

which pushes oily vapors up into the distributor, and the

high voltage spark jumping across from rotor to terminals

turns the hydrocarbons into carbon and plates the carbon on

the inside of the cap, and some types of rotors, from the tip

along the side of the rotor. So, when this carbon track gets

built up even, it absorbs and dissipates each spark all around

to all the terminals, which weakens the spark to the plug that

should be firing by itself, as well as firing all the others

weakly out of time, thus the engine will quit running or not

start.

THE STIG IN GAWLER?

By Trevor Bellchambers.

I am a older vehicle enthusiast and have a small

family business, Cars of Class, and I use older Rolls

Royce and Bentley cars for mainly weddings. On

Saturday afternoon, August 13th, I set off in my 1958

RR Silver Cloud 1 for a 3:00 pm. Wedding at

Mawson Lakes. I left my

home in Gawler East, drove down Calton Road and left

into the main street of Gawler. At the end of the street

the road bears right and passes the Shell Service Station.

There were two or three cars stopped at the traffic

lights before the bridge so I applied the brakes to slow

down and stop but the brake pedal went to the floor…

no brakes whatever! I thought ‘I am about to have my

first accident!!!’ My options were very limited and

it’s amazing how fast your mind works in a crisis..

1. Drive into the service station and possibly cause

a major explosion.

Can’t keep the Auctioneer out of Gavin, at the Club auction night held recently raising $459 for the club

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2. Go around the stopped cars on their right side

but risk hitting a car head on coming the other

way.

3. Run into the vehicles ahead and risk injuring

myself and other people.

4. Try for the footpath on the left which I did,

angled between two poles, missed the Red Shield

Op Shop sign, dodged a large steel electrical

control box, took a very sharp 90 degree left

turn onto a single one-way road (wrong way)

and finally stopped the car with gears and hand

brake. Thankfully no damage to me, the car or

anybody else.

A friend of my older son Scott who works at

Steinborner’s witnessed the whole incident and rang

Scott to ask if one of my cars had a problem as he had

just seen some very interesting driving. Scott confirmed

that there was a problem but assured him everything

was OK as “ The 73 year old Stig from Gawler East was

in control!”

I was on the way to the wedding 25 minutes

later in a replacement car and everything went very well.

For your interest.. these cars have a rod activated

mechanical servo assist braking system that works very

well, normally.

To the Editor

On 3rd September the boys from the One Tree

Hill chapter of the club ventured to the monthly market

at the institute at One Tree Hill. After carefully setting

up they launched into selling tickets in the club’s

Morris Mini car raffle. The little red car sat pertly at

the kerbside whilst the boys pointed out its virtues and

encouraged the purchase of tickets.

Then the heavens opened up. The rain came with

vengeance and there were cakes, buns and people

getting

a good washing down. The boys decided to call it a

day, not due to the rain but more the lack of patrons.

After all the Morris Mini FLOATS ON FLUID.

Uch it was wet in One Tree Hill

To the Editor,

Due to some misunderstanding there has been a

travesty regarding the club BBQ trailer. Some people

think the club paid too much for its construction.

Let us put it straight. No one was paid for their

labour in its construction. Wolfgang Ritter donated

many hours of his time (hundreds of hours) as did

Trevor Norris. Much of this given to the design, (many

people had pictures in their mind but few put it on

paper), going off and sourcing the bits and pieces,

getting and abiding with the many regulations

regarding health and safety (this is not a back yard job

and authorities are tuff on cleanliness etc.) and

listening to the endless amount of advice from our well

meaning club members on how it should be done.

It has been constructed to last and with a

simplicity that any mug can use it. (Future members

might be as smart as us.) It has cost a bit of money but

there are receipts for every stainless steel nut and bolt.

Rather than criticize I think that we should

applaud the great work of Wolfgang Ritter and Trevor

Norris and be thankful that we can afford this great

asset. Member Steve

Please welcome our new joint members....Rex and

Helen PARASIERS with their 1927 Capitol Chevrolet,

and also David & Carol WIDRINGTON and also

members Tony SCANLON and Michael THOMAS.

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Towing with a rope,……………………….…a question asked of the Journal. Towing a car with a tow-rope, often as a means of recovering a broken down vehicle, was reasonably common in

years past. It’s still legal, subject to complying with the relevant road rules and regulations, but it’s not

recommended. Exceptions might be moving vehicles a very short distance at low speed, either for safety reasons or

where restricted access (such as some car-parks) means other preferred towing options can’t be immediately or easily

employed.

Depending on vehicle design, particularly the driveline, and the nature of the breakdown, serious vehicle

damage could result from this type of towing. Many vehicles these days will require tilt-tray towing.

Also there are significant safety risks. This could include a lack of power assistance to steering and brakes on

the towed vehicle. Remember relevant road rules specify the towed vehicle’s brakes and steering must be in working

order and the vehicle can only be towed if safe to do so.

Australian Road Rules also specify certain requirements for the drivers of the vehicles, lighting requirements,

distances between vehicles, and use of warning flags/lights on tow lines. Vehicle towing mass limits for the vehicle

performing the tow also apply.

The following is an extract from Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009

Towing a vehicle at night or in hazardous weather conditions A driver must not tow a vehicle at night, or in hazardous weather conditions causing reduced visibility, unless—

(a) if the towed vehicle is being towed from the front of the vehicle—

(i) the tail lights of the vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible; or

(ii) the vehicle has portable rear lights that are operating; or

(b) if the towed vehicle is being towed from the rear of the vehicle—the vehicle has portable rear lights that are

operating.

Keeping control of a vehicle being towed The driver of a motor vehicle must not tow another motor vehicle unless—

(a) either—

(i) the driver can control the movement of the towed vehicle; or

(ii) the brakes and steering of the towed vehicle are in working order and a person who is licensed to drive the

towed vehicle is sitting in the driver’s seat of the towed vehicle, and is in control of its brakes and steering; and

(b) it is safe to tow the towed vehicle.

Bendigo Swap Meet Tour 2016 update…………November 11th - 13th Travel to Bendigo swap meet in comfort and hassle free to seek and retrieve those illusive parts you

require. Enjoy the company of fellow collectors and enthusiasts. Friday Nov 11- Coach departs the Central Bus Station, Bowen Street, just off Franklin Street at 8:30 pm.

Arrives Mount Barker interchange at 9:10 pm, Callington at 9:30 pm. A comfort stop will be made at Tailem

Bend at approximately 10:00 pm Saturday Nov 12 - Arrive at Bordertown at about 12:10 am for a comfort

stop. Travel on to Bendigo, arriving about 6:00 am, parking within the showgrounds, where breakfast will be

supplied. We spend the day at the swap meet, departing at 4:30 pm. Travel to the Philadelphia Motor Inn,

Echuca, arriving at 5:45 pm. Dinner will be at 6:45 pm. Sunday Nov 13 - Breakfast will be at 6:45 am, we

depart the motel at 7:45 am, return to the swap meet for the morning. At 11:30 am the cargo hold is sorted and

packed ready to leave the swap meet at 12:15 pm for a return to Adelaide. A lunch stop is made at Horsham,

and another stop at Tailem Bend around 7:00 pm. Arriving at Mount Barker at 9:00 pm and Franklin Street

at 9:45 pm.

AUTOPRO GAWLER Sponsoring the Gawler

Car Club Web Site www.gawlercarclub.com

See Gordon & his team at 80 Adelaide Rd Gawler for service and advice. Phone 8522 2000

Produce your membership card to receive discounts and special offers.....

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the intent of this trophy is to encourage members to finish a project that has been lying idle for

some time. Hands on restoration is preferred to cheque book restoration

1. It is to be a perpetual trophy. Starting from July 1st each year

and closing June 30th 2017 ( and so on)

2. The outgoing committee at the time decides who is to

receive the trophy ( in the case of a tie or dispute the clubs

Restoration Coordinator will have final say.)

3. To be presented each year at the GVVCVC Annual Dinner

TO MAKE IT WORK …………….

1. The committee/ Restoration Coordinator will hold a Register

of members vehicles ( cars , motorbikes )being restored that

may be finished in the near future

2. Start date of restoration is irrevelant.

3. Members will need to produce some record of work carried

out :e.g. photographs as purchased, work in progress,

receipts , Diary etc.

4. Eligibility to receive the trophy you must have the vehicle

historically registered & take it on one official club run

before June 30, 2017

It is probable the only time any club member will ever have the chance to be the custodian of a

D type JAGUAR for 12 months ………….so contact Trevor Evans on 08 82807598

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TUESDAY, 16th August 2016 at 7.05 p.m . MEMBERS PRESENT: 100 members were in attendance 18 members sent their apologies

VISITORS: 7 visitors were present with 2 giving a description of their vehicles

MINUTES of previous meeting held on 19th July 2016 were read by the Secretary. Moved T Belllchambers

Seconded T Harvey Carried

BUSINESS ARISING: Nil

CORRESPONDENCE: In - 1) Federation Minutes 2) Motorfest Invitation 3) Veteran MC Club Swap Meet

4) Burra Tourism invitation 5) Bendigo Swap Meet bus vacancies, Moved G Launer Seconded G Boundy Carried

TREASURER’S REPORT: The Treasurer’s Report was submitted and is attached to these Minutes.

Moved D Kernich Seconded A Jenkin Carried

CLUB EVENTS: Director Bruce reported on various Runs conducted during the last month. Future Runs/Events

include Wednesday, 24th August Shed run, Thursday, 1st September Bethany Old Car Day, Sunday, 11th September

Swap Meet, Sunday 18th September Steamranger, Wednesday, 21st September Motorfest Gawler

MEMBERSHIP: David and Carol Widdrington and Rex and Helen Parasiers welcomed into full membership.

Membership now stands at 478 members.

REGISTRARS: Club has 362 historic vehicles registered. Members were asked to check that their Log books are

validated each year. It was clarified that anyone can drive an historical vehicle, owned by a member, with the driver

to sign the Log book

SWAP MEET: Co-ordinator M Williams previewed upcoming Swap Meet with an urgent request for more helpers.

A briefing is to be held Saturday, 10th September at 1.00 p.m.

FEDERATION: No issues from Federation Minutes

EDITOR: Paul asked for feedback on the new Journal format. A show of hands indicated that many members would

collect the Journal at meetings, thus saving postage. More member profiles will feature in future editions

GENERAL BUSINESS: - Editor was asked to check with police regarding ‘car-towing’ policy and insert in next

Journal - Secretary updated members on the raffle - Secretary, on behalf of Working group, updated members on

possible Clubroom sites

Meeting closed at 8.06 p.m. followed by the annual Club auction.

TUESDAY, 20th September 2016 at 7.10 p.m.

MEMBERS PRESENT: 104 members were in attendance, 11 members sent their apologies 4 visitors were present

with 3 giving a description of their vehicles

MINUTES of previous meeting held on 16th August 2016 were read by the Secretary, Moved by A Jenkin Seconded

T Harvey Carried

BUSINESS ARISING: Nil

CORRESPONDENCE: In - 1) Gawler Council re hire facilities and food business

2) Moonta Show ‘n Shine invite Out - Sympathy card to G Lucas family

TREASURER’S REPORT: D Kernich gave a financial report of the Swap Meet.

. The finances team was thanked for their help. A term deposit has matured and will be rolled over. Moved D

Kernich Seconded R Carr Carried

CLUB EVENTS: Director Bruce reported on various Runs conducted during the last month. Future

Runs/Events 1st-3rd October to Peterborough, 9th October Nildottie. G Butler outlined 19th November Mannum

event with a request for older vehicles for display

President Fred presented trophies and thank-you gifts to members not present at the annual dinner

MEMBERSHIP: Tony Scanlon and Michael Thomas were welcomed into full membership.

Membership now stands at 500.

REGISTRARS: Club has 363 historic vehicles registered.

SWAP MEET: A review will be presented at the next meeting

RAFFLE: G Launer reported the Club Mini has been promoted at Gawler Show, Old Car Day and Swap Meet, with

excellent ticket sales.. Remaining books not collected will be posted to members

FEDERATION: G Petrus gave a report. Special interest vehicles still evaluating, Bay to Birdwood

numbers total 900 – need 1300 to break even financially

EDITOR: No report

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GENERAL BUSINESS: - T Bellchambers asked for traffic marshall volunteers for a local bike event

- A Jenkin raised the issue for the need of First Aid personnel at the Swap Meet. Committee to action for next Swap

Meet

- Vacancies for bus travelling to Bendigo Swap Meet

- G Launer gave update on proposed Clubroom site

Meeting closed at 8.20 p.m.

Contributions to The Journal and to the Club Web Site

Contributions to both the Journal and the Web site are welcome

Submissions preferred as a WORD document and Jpeg file for images but will accept handwritten, typewritten, or photocopied

documents .jpg files, preferably less than 100KB in size. Memory sticks and CDs are also accepted.

Paper copies can be given to the editor at meetings or runs, or posted to Paul Barnet, PO Box 102,Gawler

Website: Photos of club events, reduced to less than 100KB in size can be emailed to editor@gawlercarclub.com for the

Journal or webmaster@gawlercarclub.com for the website and these will be placed on the club’s website at

….www.gawlercarclub.com

Deadlines: Contributions will be accepted up to midday on the third Friday of the month before the publishing months:

December 2016, February 2017,April 2017, June ,August ,October 2017

Registration and use of Historic Vehicles under The Log Book System

Preamble The system of historic registration of qualifying vehicles in S.A. is an excellent system that promotes the use

of Historic Vehicles by Club Members in the enjoyment of their hobby. As, Historic Registration is only available to members

of a recognized Club then it is the expectation of the Club that Members will use a small portion of the logged outings to

participate in some Club Activities using their Historic Registered Vehicles.

Important Your Log Book must be signed each year by 30 June by one of the club registrars. It is your responsibility to

present your Log Book, current registration, Statutory Declaration and membership receipt.

Fees The membership fee is due by 1st July every year. Renewals shall be on the prescribed renewal form which is

posted in April to all financial members. Membership will cease if the membership fee remains unpaid thirty days after

the due date. The Committee may re-admit the person upon payment of the joining fee plus the outstanding membership fee.

DISCLAIMER

Opinions expressed in the Journal are not necessarily those of the Gawler Veteran, Vintage and Classic Vehicle Club or its

editor. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of material submitted, errors and omissions may (and will

accidentally) occur.

Enquiries to the Editor: Paul Barnet by email: editor@gawlercarclub.com .

Available to Members

The following are available to members,

Car carrying trailer: Contact Peter 8522 5248 . Note, the trailer is available to members only at a charge of $20 per day.

Club Marquee: contact Corrie 8522 2373 Club merchandise, contact Kingsley 8522 3457

Vehicle Identity Placards Contact Alvin 85292504 Member Directory: Contact Merv Lewis 0407448399

Membership Report for Sept-Oct..2016

Our Numbers are now Joint 193, Single 94, Juniors 20

This gives us a total of 480 members within 287 memberships plus 20 Juniors =500

members We also have Two Joint Pending Memberships plus 3 Pending Singles

Regards

Ron Stephens Membership Secretary.

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SEE PAGE 11 FOR ALL THE DETAILS……………………………..

Left: Trevor and Paul (hub) cap off a good day at Dave of Barossa’s stall

Pres. Fred noshes down on a sausage

Member Mike and fellow Rotarian Bruce Eastick cook on for the hungry crowds

above:new member Phil with his Triumph Trident. Left: Corrie, Gavin ,Pete and Bob at the control stand

Kingsley found a bargain at Pt Pirie Brian's stall Barry barters at Martins manifest

Good crowds enjoyed a sunny day