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JUNE 2019

Newsletter

of Cootamundra Antique Motor Club

Hot cross buns were on the menu for this Easter Run, 19th April.

14 club cars attended, and a few moderns

at Wallendbeen, between Cootamundra and Harden.

COOTAMUNDRA ANTIQUE MOTOR CLUB

P.O. Box 27 Cootamundra NSW 2590

Email: camccootamundra@gmail.com Website: www.cootamundraantiquemotorclub.org

Past 5 years of newsletters are available on Website for downloading.

Dedicated to the Restoration and Preservation of Heritage Vehicles

Club Colours: Green & Gold

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OFFICE BEARERS - 2019 FOUNDER OF THE CLUB: MICHAEL LIVINGSTONE

President Malcolm Chaplin 6942 4406 0409 985 890

Vice President Ken Harrison 6942 2309 0408 603364 betsy.harrison@bigpond.com

Secretary Paul Ballard 6942 4694 0419 973 822 westkinloch@dragnet.com.au

Treasurer Ting O’Keeffe 0426 011983

Events Co-ordinator Gwen Livingstone 6942 1039 0428 421039 modela@bigpond.com

Plates Register Alan Thompson 6942 1181 0400 128016

Club Captain Ken Harrison 6942 2309 0408 603364 betsy.harrison@bigpond.com

Librarian John Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496

Keeper of Club Album Gwen Livingstone 6942 1039 0428 421039

Editor John Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496 colljj@hotmail.com

Photographer Barry Gavin 6942 1282 0488 421976

Membership Officer John Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496

Public Officer Joan Collins 6942 1496 0428 421496

Swap Meet Co-ordinator Lynn Gavin 6942 1282 0488 421 282 Lynng1961@yahoo.com.au

Web Master John Milnes 6942 4140 0432 485 183 jmilnes@live.com.au

Registration Inspectors Malcolm Chaplin 6942 4406 Ray Douglas 0474 326 106

Alan Thompson 6942 1181 Graeme Snape 6942 1940

Mark (Zeke) Loiterton 6942 1836 Ken Harrison 6942 2309

Graeme Ducksbury 6386 5341

Movement Book Alan Thompson 6942 1181 Ken McKay 6386 3526

PHONE in to record in the Movement Book.

Clearly state who, when, what run and what car! If trialing the LOG BOOK, it must be carried in your

vehicle and the date recorded prior to setting out.

CLUB MERCHANDISE FOR SALE - Contact Paul Andreatta

Windscreen Banners $10.00 Metal Bumper Badge $40

CAMC Coffee Mugs $6.00 each or Two for $10 Lapel Badge $5

Windscreen/Bumper Stickers - Free

JUNE BIRTHDAYS JUNE ANNIVERSARIES 1ST Mike Bickford

16th John Mackie Snr

17th Geoff Boyd

21st Darryl Philpott

26th Ken McKay

26th Mark Loiterton

30th Ann Jennings

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT April was a good month of historic motoring !

Alan and Jill attended the Studebaker National at Toowoomba in April, celebrating the 60th anniversary of

the Lark; Ken Trethewey and I, along with John Rickett riding shotgun, attended the Jaguar National at

Wodonga; members of our club attended the South West Get Together hosted by the Goulburn Historic &

Classic Car Club; the Ballards headed over to Katanning W.A. in their Citroen for the annual Citroen Clubs

get together over Easter, celebrating 100 years of Citroen automobiles.

We have spread ourselves around quite a bit since last report.

Closer to home, we had a good turn out on Good Friday for our Hot Cross Bun Run morning tea at

Wallendbeen, where we also bid farewell to Col and Trish Stewart. They are taking some mementos from

the club to their new home in Albion Park:

The Anzac Day veterans enjoyed a ride, leading the Anzac Day March to the Cenotaph, in a Humber Super

Snipe, a Riley 2.5 and a Mk 5 Jaguar. There was also an aeronautic treat with the flyover of a Rolls Royce

V12 Spitfire, courtesy of the Temora Aviation Museum.

For May - It was a beautiful day for the Frank DeBritt run for the Southern Cross Care Retirement Village

residents. The drive, via Old Gundagai Rd and Cullinga Rd to Wallendbeen, and return, was an hour’s

country roads drive, followed by a splendid afternoon tea at Stephen Ward rooms.

Thank you to Joan for facilitating the arrangements, and Barry for organising the newspaper publicity.

When our club provides a service for people in the community, it is appropriate to have some photos and

description in the local newspaper.

Another beautiful autumn day was spent at Tierney Street Model Railway in Young, where Temora club

provided an amazing spread for morning tea, and our club cooked a BBQ lunch. It was a good get- together,

hosting the Riverina Sports Car Club who were visiting our region.

Again the following weekend was another enjoyable get- together occasion with Gundagai Club at Margaret

and Allan Schutz’s Tierney Street and at Peter and Bev Kinsela’s small gauge railway. Thanks to all

concerned.

Coming up in May is the ‘biggy ’ as far as I’m concerned, and that is Winton Historic Races weekend.

Perhaps it is not just me who thinks this is the ‘biggy’, as this year we have 20 members looking forward to

the trip to Winton. Looking forward to it indeed! (A report will be in my next President’s Par.)

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Our monthly meetings have been very well attended ; it is good to see the interest shown in events and the

ongoing success of the club - your club.

Yours with Grace, Space and Pace,

Mal

P.S.

Recently at the Temora Aviation Museum, John Rickett and I entertained a group who came in 42 ASTON

MARTINS. They ranged from some early DB 4 s, (worth around $1.5 million each), to current models,

some less than 2 weeks old.

At a conservative estimate, there would have been $12 million worth of cars parked next to the

Mk 16 SPITFIRE for impressive photographs. I hope to include a photo in July magazine.

NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT :

As well as mechanical things, words interest me. I believe that if there is just one word in a sentence that I

don’t understand, then that sentence lacks its true meaning. When I come across a word, I have to look it up

in my trusty dictionary and most times things become clear, but there are exceptions. Here is a good one:

Recently the word ISENTROPIC was used several times in a TV science show. I didn’t know the meaning,

so I looked it up.

ISENTROPIC — without change in entropy ; at constant entropy.

Still not clear, so what’s entropy ?

ENTROPY - a measure of the capacity of the system to undergo a spontaneous change thermodynamically,

specified by the relationship

dS = dQ / T where dS is an infinitesimal change in the measure for a system absorbing an infinitesimal

quantity of heat dQ at thermodynamic

temperature T. ; the tendency of a closed system, including that of the universe itself, to become less

available to do work with the passage of time; A measure of the randomness, disorder or chaos in the system

specified in statistical mechanics by the relationship S = KinP+C, where S is the value of the measure for a

system in a given state, P is the probability of an occurrence of that state, K is the BOLTZMANN constant

and C is an arbitrary constant.

Still a bit muddy ? Better look up Boltzmann constant.

BOLTZMANN constant - The ratio of the universal gas constant to the AVOGARDO constant with the

value of 1, 380622 x 10 to the power of - 23

joules per Kelvin - (LUDWIG BOLTZMANN 1844 - 1906.)

So far so good, so what is the AVOGARDO constant ?

AVOGARDO constant - The number of molecules in one mole of a substance approximately 6.0225 x 10 to

the power of 23. (AMADEO AVOGARDO 1776 - 1856. )

I have to admit I am still not 100 % clear on the meaning of the word, ISENTROPIC. Maybe that is why I

am a mechanic ! Nevertheless, I think it is a great word, and I hope to be able to use it intelligently - some

day .

One thing I have learnt from this exercise however, is crystal clear. All this was formulated hundreds of

years ago, without computers, calculators or even a slide rule. Maybe they had an abacus, but that’s all.

Nowadays, if the computers shut down at Woolworths, no one can calculate your grocery bill or change.

I’m off now to my trusty dictionary again, this time to look up another word I am not sure of - that word is

PROGRESS.

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A SPECIAL BIG NATIONAL RALLY FOR OUR VEHICLES

will be held at Albury in 2020. It will be a 7 day rally, called the “ 2020 National Historic Motoring Festival”.

The Australian Historic Motoring Federation invites all clubs in Australia.

It is in ten months’ time - Saturday 28 March to Friday 3 April.

It is anticipated that 900 vehicles will enter. Clubs from all over Australia are now planning a touring holiday to Albury.

As this event is “on our doorstep” it warrants our attention.

Work out the costs of a 7 day holiday at Albury. Book accommodation at Albury as soon as possible.

Then enter for the rally - on the website: www.ahmf.org.au/2020Tour.

STUDEBAKER NATIONALS – at TOOWOOMBA

The Studebaker National Meet was held over the Easter weekend in Toowoomba, Queensland.

Jill and I, in our ’61 Lark, left Cootamundra the Monday before Easter heading via Cowra, Gulgong and

Merriwa towards the New England Highway. We took this route so we would go through Tenterfield to

visit, and stay with, our eldest grand daughter who is a High School teacher there.

We arrived in Toowoomba on the Thursday afternoon and booked into our motel.

The program followed the familiar pattern of meet and greet Thursday night. Parts sales, registration and a

dinner on Friday. Saturday was a concours and vehicle display, and dinner with an auction.

Sunday was a drive around the local area, visiting some very interesting automotive and transport locations,

including the Cobb & Co Museum.

The weekend ended with farewell morning tea on Monday, and we headed for home.

Our drive home was via a more inland, and flatter route, through Goondiwindi, Moree, Narrabri, Dubbo,

Grenfell and home. Total distance travelled was about 2500 Km.

The Lark went well except that it started pumping oil out of the automatic transmission. Looks like some

major repair work has to be done!

Even though we had some vehicle problems, we had a great time meeting up with our Studebaker friends

and visiting different places. The next Studebaker Nationals will be held in two years’ time in Geelong,

Victoria.

Alan’s white Lark amongst just some of the Studebakers at

Toowoomba, Easter, 2019.

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Steph Cooke, MP for Cootamundra, being convinced by Alan Thompson

to support our need of the TAFE facilities. She was a breath of fresh air

talking about how lucky we are having these useful facilities.

She also mentioned that other clubs should use TAFE facilities.

RegardSS ..... Barry

17 May – Cootamundra club cars

Lined up on the Run to Winton Raceway:

John Mackie is restoring an amphibious Jeep. Shed space? Hang the newly restored keel from the rafters.

Don Manwaring got his International out for the Tractor Pull at the Biennial Machinery Rally, Saturday 27 April, 2019.

Surprise! A bird’s nest between the radiator and the fan. Unharmed by the fan, Don left the nest there to show at the rally.

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MINUTES OF MONTHLY MEETING HELD AT COOTAMUNDRA, MAY 06, 2019.

Meeting was opened at 8:00pm by President Malcolm Chaplin.

VISITORS – Nil.

ATTENDEES – 27 Members as per Attendance Book.

APOLOGIES – 10 Members as per Attendance Book.

MINUTES – The Minutes of the April Meeting as Published in the “Coota Hoota” were CONFIRMED on the Motion of

P. Andreatta / K. Harrison.

SECRETARY’S REPORT –

CORRESPONDENCE IN:

1. Various Financial Documents – Delivered to Treasurer.

2. Various Magazines from Other Clubs – Circulated and Tabled.

3. Various – Circular regarding Insurance Cover for H Plated Vehicles – differences between NRMA and Shannons.

4. Council of Heritage Motor Clubs – AGM Agenda and Appointment of Delegates. RESOLVED on the Motion of P.

Ballard / A. Thompson that J. & J. Collins be Appointed as the Club’s Delegates.

5. Australian Historic Motoring Federation – National Festival, Albury, March 28 to April 03, 2020 – Invitation to

Information Meeting in Albury on Sunday, May 19 (2019), 7:30pm. It was NOTED that the Secretary intended to

Attend.

6. Grenfell Car Club – Henry Lawson Festival Car Show – Sunday, June 09.

7. Young Heritage Motor Club – Invitation to Mid-Year Lunch at Stockinbingal Bowling Club, Sunday June 16.

numbers required at June Meeting. ($25 each – book at June Meeting!)

8. Wagga V&VMC – Further information for Attendees at June Rally and Encouragement to Attend.

9. Cootamundra Men’s Shed – Response to our offer to Participate in Men’s Health Week; specifically inviting us to

Display on Wednesday, 12 June between 9am and 2pm. It was AGREED that at least 7 Members’ Vehicles would

be in attendance, but concern was expressed as to Parking Arrangements.

CORRESPONDENCE OUT: -Nil.

On the MOTION of D. Wright / T. O’Keeffe, the Report was RECEIVED, Invitation Events ACCEPTED as Club Runs,

and Member Participation ENCOURAGED.

TREASURER’S REPORT: - Was TABLED and ADOPTED on the MOTION of Ting O’Keeffe / S. McCarthy.

EDITOR’S REPORT: - J. Collins REPORTED that there were no issues.

SHOWGROUND USERS’ COMMITTEE DELEGATES’ REPORT: - J. & J. Collins REPORTED that No Meeting had

been held in the past month.

SWAP MEET REPORT: - B. Gavin REPORTED that Flyers are being Distributed.

PLATES REGISTRAR’S REPORT: - A. Thompson REPORTED that there had been no new Historic Registrations

over the past month. Also REPORTED that Lease Arrangement of TAFE Workshop for Next Semester is being

finalised; and that Local State M.P. Steph Cooke would be Visiting on the evening of May 15.

EVENTS COORDINATOR’S REPORT: - G. Livingstone mentioned a Saturday Run to Stockinbingal, Wombat Swap

on 8-9 June and Wattle Time Street Parade on Saturday 31 August (which clashes with our preparations for our Swap

Meet and participation will be difficult, but possible).

WEBMASTER’S REPORT: - In the absence of J. Milnes, there was no report.

CLUB CAPTAIN’S REPORT: - Ken expressed Appreciation to Members who Participated in the Frank DeBritt Run;

and handed out Nametags to new members present. Trophy Presentations were to Allan & Margaret Schutz (Mug) for

their Hospitality and J. Simpfendorfer (Bugger Up) for a reversing issue. Thanks were also expressed to H. McMinn

and L. Gavin for their work with the barbecue.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

1. Secret ballot Voting on Membership Application – Lyell and Helen Jenkins – APPROVED.

2. Proposed President’s Barbecue Night – To be held on Saturday, June 22nd,

but AGREED as a Barbecue Lunch .

3. The South-West Get-Together for 2020 will be held at Cootamundra. It was AGREED to endeavour to hold it in

conjunction with the Sprints in April – Chairman Mal will follow up.

4. The Celebration of our 40th Birthday will include Activities on both Saturday 1

st and Sunday 2

nd February, 2020. A

Sub-Committee comprising the following was APPOINTED to develop plans:

M. Chaplin, K. Harrison, John Collins, G. Livingstone, R. Delaney, A. Thompson & P. Ballard.

5. H. McMinn referred to some issues arising from the recent visit to Schutz’s; and mentioned that an entertainer

would be available for the Saturday Night of the Swap Meet – no decision was made to follow this up.

6. It was MOVED by B. Gavin / P. Andreatta that a Barbecue be purchased by the Club. The motion was LOST.

CLOSURE OF MEETING: - It being 8:55pm, Chairman Malcolm DECLARED the Meeting Closed.

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COMING EVENTS

(Photos of our cars at Winton Raceway will feature in the next Coota Hoota.)

JUNE

Monday 3rd Monthly Meeting 8 p.m. at Cootamundra Library (opposite Ford dealers.)

Sat 8

Annual JUNE RALLY - (Queen’s Birthday Longweekend Rally at WAGGA WAGGA)

Rally cars can be viewed: Saturday morning at V&V Clubrooms, Morgan Street, Wagga.

Sunday Lunch-time at Public School, Temora.

8 & 9 SWAP MEET at WOMBAT

Sun 9 CAR SHOW at Henry Lawson Festival, GRENFELL. Lower end of main street.

There are Prizes, covered by a $15 Entry Fee.

Sun 9

The Australian Road Transport Heritage Centre at GUNDAGAI

is running the Sylvia’s Gap Road Convoy. 10 a.m. departs Showground. Cost for driving along the abandoned Hume Hwy is : Trucks $30, Cars/bikes $10.

Wed 12 Display at Cootamundra Men’s Shed - 9.am – 2.pm

Wed 12 G.E.A.R. Day at Wakefield Park

Sun 16

Young Heritage Motor Club is having Lunch at Stockinbingal Bowling Club.

Our club is invited. Catering numbers will be needed, so advise your intentions at June Meeting.

Cost $25 per head. Have your money ready at June Meeting or give to John

Collins Cash please. Drive out to Stockinbingal Sunday 16 June at about 12 noon.

Sat 22

BBQ LUNCH at Malcolm & Linley’s. 12 NOON

DIRECTIONS: Find Cootamundra High School. You’ll see our cars parked along the side fence

of School. Malcolm’s driveway is the first driveway down Scott Street at a big tree.

Bring a salad, or sweets. Bring your own drinks.

The Club supplies Tea & coffee, and cups and plastic cutlery.

JULY

Mon 1 Monthly Meeting 8 p.m at Uniting Church Hall; with dinner available beforehand.

Dinner bookings to Sue or Peter on 6386 3365 by Wed 26th

June

Sat 6 Coffee Run

Sun 21 Wagga Wagga SWAP MEET at Wagga Showground.

(Volunteer to distribute our Swap Meet flyers.)

AUGUST

Mon 5 Monthly Meeting

Sat 10 Coffee Run

Sat 17 Illabo Speedway - ($5 Entry)

Sun 18 Eastern Cree Eastern Creek : City Motoring Council Display Day sponsored by Shannons.

Fri 30 Working Bee at Cootamundra Showground - marking-out for SWAP MEET.

Sat 31 Working Bee at Cootamundra Showground

Sat 31 Wattle Time Street Parade at Cootamundra -- 12 Noon

SEPT

Sunday 1st COOTAMUNDRA SWAP MEET