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August 2019 Crank Talk 1

Official Newsletter of the Pirie & Districts

Automotive Restorer’s Club Inc.

August 2019

Issue No 389

Terry & Gayle Dunning's 1976 MGB


Disclaimer: The Pirie & Districts Automotive Restores Club Inc. can not Guarantee the correctness of general or technical information

published in ‘Crank Talk’ & accepts no responsibility for the consequences arising from the use of such information, which is given only

as a guideline.

TERRY & GAYLE Dunning's MGB

Gayle & I had been thinking about an MGB for quite a long time. We were keen to

own another vehicle associated with the Morris. BMC & Austin having previously

owned vehicles within this range & had always been happy with our association as

such. I learn by a quick look at the web that the Austin Morris division of British Ley-

land built all four cylinder roadsters from 1963 to 1980.

We still have a long time project restoring our Morris Minor convertible but the

Morry couldn't skip along at the pace or ease as our MGB which we intend to use for

some of our club & rally activities.

After looking regularly at websites & inspecting several other cars around South Aus-

tralia we were fortunate to find this one in Renmark. The vehicle ticked all the boxes

that we (Gayle) wanted. It had to be red, & have chrome bumpers this one was in

the grove. It was a regretful sale from the previous owner in Renmark but it was our

gain & good fortune.

Gayle's & my aim is to enjoy many PADARC runs & interclub rallies in our MGB.

Terry & Gayle

SUPPER ROSTER

Janice Cliff Heather Graham

Denise Joyce


PIRIE AND DISTRICTS AUTOMOTIVE RESTORERS CLUB INC.

PATRON – Pat Greenfield Ph 8632 3150

PRESIDENT Paul Collins 0437 016 700

VICE PRESIDENT Peter Cox

SECRETARY Lynn Dawes 0499 995 497

MINUTE/MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Glenys Collins 8636 5062

TREASURER Colin Lang 0400 299 005

BAR PERSON Jim Scrivens

WEBMASTER—FACEBOOK Lynn Dawes 0499 995 497

EDITOR Kerrie-Lea Scarman 0402 807 710

CLUBROOM CUSTODIAN Debra Greenfield 0498 049 179

HISTORIC REGO OFFICER Peter Cox

ASST HISTORIC REGO OFFICER Wayne Ellard 0499 994 849

EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR Leith Button 8632 1857

COMMITTEE

Christine Baker

David Haldane

Garry Collins

G Harris

MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE

Andrew Todd

Paul Collins

Colin Lang 0400 299 005

David Haldane

Garry Collins

David Scarman 0488 550 604

CATERING COMMITTEE

Jo O’Connell

Aileen Wohling

John Yates

Merv Martin

Christine Baker

MAGAZINE COMMITTEE

Jason Dangerfield

Jeanette Button

Ailen Wohling

Christine Baker

Please address all club correspondence to:

The Secretary PADARC Email Address: [email protected]

PO Box 815 Web Address: padarc.net.au

Port Pirie SA 5540


Hello Members,

First of all let me remind you of the up coming hand over dinner at th RSL on Saturday

10th August starting at 6.00 pm. Names and payment need to be made at this meeting.

Also on the 10th is the Crystal Brook Show passes for vehicles and driver are available.

We had a few runs this last month and ha a great turn out. Thank you to all the members

who attended.

I have just received and invitation to the Pink up Pirie day this year We had a really great

time last year and would love more members to attend this years event. Hopefully the

rain will hold off this year. The date of this is October 13th with th march in the CBD from

10 am to 11 am. Feel free to decorate your cars in Pink to make them really stand out.

Well the season is just starting to start up again with the local shows starting.

Keep Motoring

Paul Collins.


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Club run to Hickory’s Run

We had a real good day for this event, weather fine but a little windy later in the day but nobody seemed to mind, I'd spent a lot of time organizing this event and wanted to get it just right and I am pleased to say everything seemed to work out just fine, the venue was excellent, beautiful scenery, great atmosphere, a real welcoming feeling from our hosts Marie and Greg, with great service and real home cooked meals.

We were then ready to start the rally, I gave an explanation and questionnaire to everyone giving full instructions even providing a map of the rally circuit which was in fact around the local towns returning to our starting point, it was a timed event with a staggered start, I'd given participants a 29 questionnaire for the observation part of the rally and told every-body the timed event was in fact the time I had completed the circuit, I myself had com-pleted the circuit twice firstly to compile the questions then went back over a second time stopping to allow people time to write down their answers I took a mean average to come up with the winning time, the winners Peter & Suzanne Crossman came within a minute of my time therefor took out first prize,

I had put up prizes for both events, I didn't make the competition to hard but of course a few of my questions had double meanings EG: "list the animals at spring vale farm includ-ing the rampant ram" this in fact was a series of animals made out of corrugated iron (some smart alec had mounted a ram on top of a sheep) it was surprising how many of our members didn't see the cows, kangaroo's, goat's etc, another question was how many fuel pumps at hunt's fuel station, most people said there was 3 but in fact there was 5 also at one farm I asked how many silo's they had, we had answers from 7 to 21 from our mem-bers in actual fact there was 17, this caused great discussion and laughter back at the ven-ue with somebody even suggesting they where mobile and had been moved. Now compe-tition was fierce and very close in the end, I had to award prizes to two teams to make matters fair, Congratulations to John Yates & Jo O'Connell and Keith & Gwen Ellard, after which we then enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea, this was a great fun event with a fantastic bunch of people, a very enjoyable day had by all.

Those in attendance, David & Cheryl Haldane - Modern, John Yates & Jo O'Connell - Rover P6, Barry Treloar & Judy O'Shaughnessy - Mercedes, David Willsher & Maureen Pollard -Jaguar XJ6, Peter & Suzanne Crossman—72 Holden HQ Ute, Ross & Jan Knibbs - Mercedes 280, Len Wilks with guest — Ford Galaxy, Gary Harris - Jaguar XJ6, Lawrance & Denise Joyce - Modern, Keith & Gwen Ellard — Mercedes 300, Donavan Duncan & Gary - Ford Fairmont.. Capt for the day Dave Willsher


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Club Captain Dave Willsher was extreme-

ly happy with the attendance at the

Koolunga 150 celebrations

One of our member groups enjoying their picnic lunch.

Members vehicles lined up on a side road ready for the street

procession, as our ladies discuss ‘Secret Woman’s Business’.

Paul with an interested admirer

Janette Knibbs & a smile for our camera

Norm Greenfield Listens intensely to the

official speeches.

PADARC PEOPLE AT KOOLUNGA 150 ANNIVER-


Off road ready to start street parade

Vehicles parked at the town Hall


To any new members to our club we say welcome and hope to see you at some of our

runs now that the ru season is starting to hot up.

Please feel free to make yourself known to any member, we are always up for a great chat

especially about our cars etc.


Winding the clock back a couple of years, but this old photo

from 1961 looks as though it came straight out of ‘77 SUNSET

STRIP’, but it is none other than a youthful looking John Sher-

man complete with a sharp looking bowtie.


August

Congratulations Elizabeth & Rodrigo Lapuz who will be celebrating their Tenth Wedding

celebration this month. We wish them great happiness on their day & many, many more.

Happy Birthday greeting are extended to Robert Pech who will be clocking up 70 years.

Congratulations & best wishes George King who will be attaining the age 18 on August 19.

Only a couple PADARC Junior celebrating in August & we wish a very Happy Birthday &

good wishes to

Imogen Pech & Eva McPherson.

To our members mentioned above we trust your special occasion is really significant &

you all enjoy a very happy day.

Hospitalised during June has been Rian Chappell . Rian & Sandra were caravanning in Al-

ice Springs when misfortune with Rian’s health placed him in hospital for several days..

Happy to report they are back home again now & Rian sparking on all six. They have had

these health mishaps several times we are hoping he is not allergic to caravans.


DOT POINTS FROM THE PADARC 4TH JULY GENERAL MEETING

1. President noted the sad passing of Connie Dunning and held a minutes silence.

2. Unfinancial members at 31 July 2019 will have club vehicles classed as unregistered.

3. New TV to be fitted and current one offered to members for sale.

4. New kitchen fan to be obtained.

5. Handover Dinner on 10th August at RSL, $30 per head, money and names upfront.

6. Need new quotes on CCTV Cameras.

7. Check to be made on the number of club registered vehicles.

8. President’s run still to be organised.

9. Passes available for vehicle and driver for Crystal Brook Show.

10. Flyer for Jamestown Show.

11. Details for Twin Bridges Rally, Murray Bridge.

12. Honour Board to be erected.

13. Front Bumper for HU Holden ute required.

14. Valves and head gasket for 1984 Activ Van wanted by Lyn Dawes.

15. More information from club members for the magazine needed.

16. Ruling fron the Federation that proper child seats are to be fitted to club vehicles if

carrying children in these vehicles.

17. Members invited to put photos of their vehicles in the club foyer.

18. Suggested a sausage sizzle before General Meetings to get to know new members in

an informal setting.


An old advertisement Circa 1940s


A new store that sells new husbands has opened in Melbourne, where a woman may go to choose a

husband.

Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the

shopper ascends the flights.

The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor,

or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs

She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.

'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a

Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor , where the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor.

This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

Oil Can Harry


Australian Made and Proud of it

Phone 08 8662 4071

Fax 08 8662 4276

PO Box 214 Georgetown

SA 5472

L.D. Burns & K.R.

Roskell

A.B.N. 52 316 123 953


August

Saturday 10th- Waikerie Hit & Miss Rally Sunday 11th Benson Park, 14077 Sturt Highway, 13kms east of Waikerie towards Barmera. Open 10:00am- 5:00pm Saturday 9:00am- 3:00pm Sunday Enquiries : Erica 08 8541 3767/0437 912 327 or Ron 08 8541 2262/0448 757 456

September

Saturday 29th Bay to Birdwood 8.30 am start from Barrett Reserve West Beach.

October

Friday 18th- Twin Bridges Rally Murray Bridge Sunday 20th For further info please contact

Graham / Maureen - 0428813070

Roy / Elaine — 0438425791

Ricky / Neil —0434945504/0455975055

Sunday 20th Strathalbyn Swap Meet

Strathalbyn Harness Racing Club

(Milne Road 500 metres from West Tce/South Tce

roundabout)

Further Inquiries Malcolm 0488 528 331

Deidre 0422 078 127

Dean 85521042

http://www.padarc.net.au/events/event/invitational-event-waikerie-hit-miss-rally/


August

Thursday 1st General Meeting

7.30 pm Clubrooms

Saturday 10th Crystal Brook Show

Passes available for Car and Driver

Saturday 10th Handover Dinner RSL 6 pm

$30 per head, payment and names due at meeting

September

Thursday 5th General Meeting

7.30 pm Clubrooms

October

Thursday 4th General Meeting

7.30 pm Clubrooms

Saturday 26th — Peterborough Car Cub Run

Sunday 27th 10.00 am start on Saturday

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