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Official publication of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club of WA Inc The next meeting will be held at Shannon's Clubrooms

1500 Albany Highway Beckenham, cnr William Street on Wednesday 10th July Then on Wednesday 14th August at 7.30 pm for a 8.00 pm start

July 2019

INSIDE Beef Roads Martin Jaine White 9000 Van Dongen Visit

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The club had organised a visit to Mar-tin Jaine sculptures on the weekend. There were forecasts for pretty bad weather hitting the city later in the day with 100% chance of rain and strong winds. This might have scared a few people off. They were accurate with the forecast, it was all later in the day and we had a great morning.

This place is well worth a visit if you haven't been and you missed the weekends trip. Martin was a builder, they bought the house, restored it

and is now running it as a B&B. He started the sculpturing business as side line, it has grown and he is now employing three people and they sell work all over Australia and Internationally.

There is something for everyone's taste. Symmetrical and botanical sculptures like the grass trees and grape wines. Robot sculpture lookalikes from films and video games I haven't seen or played. Materials used are also very familiar and the longer you looked at some of the sculptures the more things you recognised, the hammer head, the door hinge.. the list went on. I think that was half the fun with some of the pieces. It will give you ideas of what you can do with all your scrap metal at home or alternatively Martin is always looking for interesting pieces to use in his sculptures.

Will it fit in the garden? Some of the HCVC members sizing up the crocodile sculpture for the back-yard.

The garden setting was showing the sculptures off nicely. I think the grass trees are my favourites. Giulio brought the Fordson ute for a run.

Flora attracts fauna to the garden, three nice specimens as a proof of that above. The “jogger “ sculpture on the right is outside the front gate. Kevin our president presents Martin

with a certificate of appreciation as a thank you for our visit.

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The Historic Commercial Vehicle club of WA (Inc)

Information

Club Regalia

Name badges $12.00 Windscreen stickers $4.00

Cloth badges $8.00 Bumper badges $30.00

Anyone wishing to purchase any of these items please contact Terry Bates on 9296 4132

Non executive committee Events coordinators Librarian Vehicle Scrutineers CMC Representative Registrar of Vehicles

Jim Piercy Lindsay Hill Phil Wadley Peter Collins Giulio Taglierferri Terry Bates Eddy Van Dongen Peter Johnston Peter Collins Kevin Lockyer (Country areas) Terry Bates Reg Blewett Ron Devenish Robert Hyde Vern Plackett

0408 417 933 0427 973 187 9390 0419 0417 050 209 6111 4454 9296 4132 0419 928 068 0408 922 475 0417 050 209 0407 355 245 9296 4132 9361 2820 9457 3788 9279 3506 9279 3775

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Editor Email kevintoovey@hotmail.com

Kevin Lockyer Lindsay Hill Mel Taylor Peter Johnston

Kevin Toovey

0407 355 245 0427 973 187 0400 789 998 0408 922 475 0409 292 582

Mailing Address; H.C.V.C PO Box 231 Welshpool Dc WA 6986

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at Shannon's clubrooms Unit 5 and 6 / 1500 Albany Highway Beckenham, corner William Street

7.30 pm for a 8.00 pm start.

Meeting dates for 2019

In 2019 the HCVC will meet at Shannons new meeting room located at unit 5 and 6 1500 Albany Highway Beckenham at the corner of William street and Albany Highway, look for the Shannons Logo. July 10th August 14th September 11th October 9th November 13th December 11th A big thank you to James McDonald and the team at Shannons for making this possible.

Editors Corner

Hello Members,

Welcome to the new financial year. This month our Presi-dent Kevin wrote “The club has had a quiet month with the only events being a couple of midweek runs”. Well as an editor I didn't notice that much difference, mid week events or not :)

Dont forget our AGM coming up next month, it’s a good opportunity to put your hand up for a position, new faces are always welcome.

A special thank you to Stephanie and Trevor Winnett for this months feature story and pictures about their White 9000.

Regards Kevin. kevintoovey@hotmail.com 0409 292 582

Cover photos: The pink Kenworth road train. Eddy Van Dongen and Jim Piercy with the Mack truck that Eddy still occasionally drives for Bert and Donna of Lake King Transport.

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Beef Roads With no roads, the long droves to market caused the cattle to lose weight. Lost weight, equalled lost value. In 1948 the Air Beef scheme was tried. Cattle were taken to Glenroy station in the Central Kimberly where an abattoir was built and from there the meat was flown out. The distance from Glenroy to Wyndham is 300 miles (480 km).

The building of the Beef Roads was proposed to stimulate the cattle export market through the ports of Derby and Wyndham. Work in the northwest of the state increased dramatically when the Federal Government passed the West-ern Australian Grants (Beef Cattle Roads) Act as part of a strategy to develop roads in northern Australia and thus increasing the export earnings of the cattle industry. WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (BEEF CATTLE ROADS).

No. 83 of 1962.

An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the State of Western Australia for Works in connection with certain Roads to be used for the transport of Beef Cattle.

[Assented to 12th December, 1962.] The Beef Roads Scheme was supervised by the Main Roads Department. The beef road scheme started off with three main objectives, upgrading sections of the Gt Northern Hwy, upgrading sections of Duncan Hwy and construction of bridges over Ord River and Dunham river. After a year the scheme was extended for another five years it was also expanded to include the building of new roads and providing all weather crossings where there previously had been none. Before the scheme the Gt Northern Hwy was in places only one ve-hicle wide with many cattle grids and the Gibb River Road hardly existed.

In 1961 cattle were still being moved across country by drovers. The Beef Roads scheme was showing results as ear-ly as 1963. Australia’s beef exports in the financial year ending June 1963 were three times as much as those in 1960/61. The air beef terminated in 1962 and the abattoir closed in the same year. HCVC member Henry Denner was one of the sub contractors employed by the Main Roads Department to work on the Kimberly beef roads scheme. Henry with his near new Albion (which he still has) worked there during 1963 and 1964. Working there meant living there and the camp sites were not the same as todays mining camps. Tents for pro-tection and you lifted the side up for air conditioning. Not all the loader drivers were careful when loading the trucks, Henry kept a good piece of Karri timber on the top edge of the tipper body to protect it from mishaps, if you look closely on the left picture below you can see the timber attached to the side. The Albion performed well in the tough conditions and Henry never regretted the purchase.

A young 28 year old Henry and his mate Mick with his International Loadstar on the Glenroy station to Derby section of the beef roads Loading up the Albion Reiver RE 29 with a Cat loader

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Minutes of HCVC General Meeting 12th June 2019 Shannon’s Clubrooms

Meeting opened at 8pm by our President Kevin Lockyer to 22 members 1 visitor and 12 apologies.

Apologies accepted by Eddy Van Dongen.

Minutes of the previous meeting accepted by Ron Devenish. No business arising.

Correspondence. Mel Taylor reported on emails from the CMC about their special meeting to consider their rules changing, and other mail offering space in Yagan Square in the city for displays. Not much interest shown. Mel went on to report on the committee meeting held to consider a membership application that had been objected to by a committee member, and the result of that meeting which was in the negative. The process of the application consideration was explained to the members. It was pointed out that the meeting was flagged to take place at the last general meeting. As NO committee member had received input or lobbying from any members to support or otherwise the application the committee had to make a decision on its own. Mel went on to remind the meeting to be involved and let committee members know the feelings of members on matters the committee had to deal with. Moved to be accepted Vern Plackett seconded by Terry Bates

Treasurers report. Peter Johnston reported that expenses were only for the magazine and 50 member renewals received so an increase in club revenue. The treasurer went on to recount a phone call received from an aggrieved member claiming he had until 1st. August to pay but it was pointed out that concessional vehicles are unlicensed if the member is unfinancial after June 30. Report accepted by Morris Danks seconded by Eddy Van Dongen

Magazine report. Kevin Toovey pointed out this months magazine is in all colour and includes a committee nomination form. Kevin en-couraged members to nominate if they wanted to have a say on committee. Forms can be photo copied. Forms to be back to the secretary a month before the AGM. It was pointed out that membership renewal forms MUST be returned to the club EVEN IF you pay by direct debit. The club MUST know if and how many concessional licenced vehicles you have and how many are in the club as a whole.

Registrar report Vern Plackett reported an upcoming CMC meeting and then went on to report on a move to ensure vehicles are com-plying with the intent of the 404 concessional licence rules.

Events Peter Johnston spoke of several recent successful events which were well supported and some upcoming events. Still working on a Gascoyne run and the sculpture show coming up soon. York Motor show soon. Start thinking about our Christmas dinner and some ideas.

General Business. Terry Bates mentioned the Police museum at Highgate and the new Optus stadium has tours for visitors, something to consider. Vern mentioned a need for a cable. Flexi Drive was the answer. Ivo is looking for a 6 cylinder Gardner? Mel mentioned the club sign, will be ready soon with the new address.

Meeting closed at 8:50pm

The HCVC would like to ex-press its sincere condolences to member Alan Tester after the recent passing of his wife Doreen.

The HCVC regrettably announces the passing of our member Len Houlahan. The club extends its sympathy to Len’s family and friends.

President’s Report for June 2019

Hello to all members. The club has had a quiet month with the only events being a couple of midweek runs. First was a day at Bassendean checking out the sculp-tures made from scrap metal. Our host Martin gave us an insight into the history of the premises and a rundown on how he makes the sculptures. A great place to visit and wander through the gardens and check out his creations.

Our next run was to Eddy and Herbie's where they welcomed us with a novel fire pit and roaring fire. Despite the rain everyone had a great time with a sausage sizzle and plenty of coffee. Thank

you to Eddy and Herbie for a great day and thank you to all the members who attended.

In December I wrote that our members deserved a better Christmas luncheon than we had just delivered. So we have started planning already. I know it's 5 months away but we do have to make reservations early. This year we are looking at going to a venue that supplies everything. If you have any suggestions of a venue, please contact me. As always, I wish you well.

Kevin Lockyer

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White trucks are my passion and I am always looking through the rural magazine adverts for another. In 2014 I saw one. A White 4000 was in a clearing sale at Kalannie and as we were in Merredin my mate, Russell and I decided to have a look at it. It looked reasonable with everything original, even the cobwebs and dust. At the right price it would be a possibility for restoration.

At the sale the auctioneer’s bid was $1,000 but I bid higher so it was knocked down to me. Now the problem was how to move it from Kalannie to Wanneroo. Luckily Russell’s mate had a low loader and he organised the 4000 to be trans-ported to its new home. The cost of this was more than the price of the truck. When it arrived home I looked at the compliance plate and discovered that it is a 9000. I turned the key and it started first go but it was a wonder that the Bush Fire boys didn’t turn up with their hoses at the ready. Talk about smoke! It was like thick smog.

In 2015 I called a Detroit mechanic who checked everything over. There was one stuck injector and the other five were good but this did not account for the smokiness. However work on the truck was delayed for a year due to my health and then it was back on track.

Albert D’Uva had done repairs on my other two Whites so he was familiar with the breed. He diagnosed one stuffed piston. Amid a thick cloud of smoke I drove the truck over to the shed by the house where my wife could admire it from her kitchen window. It took three of us to lift out the motor; Albert, his son and I. It was a precise manoeuvre because it had to break away

from the gear box housing and there were only a couple centi-metres to spare either side. Eventually it was eased out and loaded into Albert’s ute to be taken to his workshop. With the motor out the gear box needed to be propped up so the chopping block from the wood heap did a sterling job.

With the motor gone it gave me the opportuni-ty to clean the chassis and cab. When it is written it does not convey the amount of work involved. As any truck restorer knows it all takes hours of devoted toil to rub down, re-move rust, paint, replace roof lining and repair the vinyl engine cover. This is where my wife’s cooking expe-

rience came in handy when I had to curve the vinyl to fit snugly. Appar-ently it’s just like lining a round cake tin. Wayne came to spray paint and my broth-er in law gave a helping hand. In fact he stayed with me a week which was really handy.

Ready to be lifted out!

Cheap labour. SHE’S OUT!

Story and pictures by

Stephanie and Trevor Winnett

Chopping block. Gearbox support.

Cab with undercoat.

Spray painting

Cleaning the cab.

Corrosion

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To have the 9000 at Albert’s yard was like having a relative in hospital. I would drive down on a regular basis to see how my patient was progressing. It was understand-ably slow as emergency call outs and regular jobs were a priority and my engine was neither. Every pipe and every hose, all the wiring and just about everything that could deteriorate had done so.

When the engine was ready the cab chassis was transported to Albert’s for the in-stallation. That was in October 2016.

Once back home the doors, bull bar and seats were fitted. Only one air horn works and I have yet to get to Northam to buy a left hand side arm mount for the wipers to work. I hope it will be ready for club runs this spring. I think I have a close and per-sonal relationship with every nut, bolt and screw on this truck, but it has been worth it as I am very pleased with the result.

Editors note: The pictures to the left and above are from when I visited Trevor and Stephanie in June. Below is a late arriving picture that Stepha-nie sent in of Trevor beside the White before the restoration started. I was running out of room on the page but I am sure you can see a totally trans-formed truck, well done.

Terry Verney’s 1974 photo above of CJD’s yard shows a good line up of Whites including a Road Commander, 4000 and 9000 models and a red White Autocar in the middle, where are they all now? The White Motor Corporation stable also included Diamond T and Reo trucks from the late 50s until the 70’s. They were all great looking trucks that worked hard throughout Australia. Left: The advertisement for White trucks had Pacific Motors on Great Eastern Highway as the dealership in 1972. Trevor's White 9000 was built in 1976 by that time CJD Equipment were the distrib-utors.

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What the HCVC members are up to

The New Mercedes On the kerb outside Giulios house I see a good looking Mercedes has arrived in WA after being purchased in SA. The original plan was for Giulio and Phil Wadley to go and pick it up but events happen and plans changed several times. Even with the freight organised I believe there was a few hiccups involving electrics and starter mo-tors. The end result is all good, we just need Giulio to bring it to the next event.

Kim’s Dodge After the visit to Martin Jaine sculptures we thought why not “kill two birds with one stone” and go and have a look at Kim Martins Dodge as we were in the area. Kim’s Dodge is start-ing to take shape, as soon as we arrived the bonnet was soon up for some closer in-spection. The Dodge has up-market front and back Inter S line axles with air brakes all round, that will help stop the mighty 6V-53. In the end it ac-tually ended up getting three birds with our stone, we then went to the Bayswater pub for lunch as well. A good day out and we finished before Perth recorded 60 mm of rain that afternoon and evening.

Dave and Christine Lindsay have just been on a 10,000 km road trip. They went to a V8 Supercar race event in Darwin. Dave sent the pictures on the left that were taken at the Katherine Museum on the way. Take note of the substantial “Bull Bar” on the old Toyota. A few pictures be-low of the modern prime movers that tow the Supercars trailers.

Ford Prefect Ute Vern Plackett is working on his latest Ford project, it’s a Prefect ute with a CX front. This will all be fitted with running gear from a Holden Gemini, opting for old looks with mod-ern reliability. Look-ing forward to pro-gress reports.

Thank You Old batteries are an ongoing important part of club fundraising. We have many contributors. This month a big thank you to Max Boase from Dower-in, Steve and Michelle Tagliaferri from Cookernup for their generous dona-tions of old batteries. Thanks also to Eddy, Swifty, Peter, Lindsay AND OTHERS for collecting and storing batteries.

Get Well Soon Steve Tagliaferri has recently had a spell in hospital. Steve is home now and we wish him well for a fast recovery. From all HCVC members.

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A Friendly Reminder

This year we have had a fairly good return on annual subscriptions but there is still some more to come in. Members subs were due by 30th June.

If you have a vehicle on concessional licence through the HCVC and haven't paid your subs it is now deemed as unlicensed by the Department of Transport.

Upcoming Events 2019

Fri 19th July CMC Quiz Night. Venue: Filipino Australian Club of Perth Hall, 1 Catherine Street, Bedford. Starting time: 7.00pm sharp. BYO alcohol and favourite nibbles. Tickets: $18 per person; Tables of 8. Book via TryBooking “CMC Quiz Night 2019” Contact: Angus Stewart on 0402 228 903 for more details.

Coming up soon Annual inspection day, venue to be announced.

Wed 14th August HCVC Annual General Meeting 8.00 pm followed by monthly general meeting.

Thurs 15th August Retirees day at Optus Stadium with a tour . Meet at the stadium car park at 10.00am to be ready for the tour at 10.30am then lunch at The Camfield pub next door. The tour costs $15 per person and lasts for one and a half hours, its well worth looking at the newest and best we have in Perth. Hoping for lots of old vehicles on the day for some memorable photos in front of the stadium. Parking is available in the car parks, see map below. Contact Kevin on 0409 292 582 for more details.

Wed 28th & Thurs 29th Aug Dowerin GWN7 Machinery Field Days. See flyer on the Buy and Sell page.

Sun 1st September York Motor Show. See flyer on the Buy and Sell page.

Thurs 12th - Mon 16th Sept The Lake Perkolilli Red Dust Revival The first two days are trials. The main event is on Saturday and Sunday with participants packing up on Monday 16 September 2019.

Sat 21st September Katmach Vintage Fair McLeod Street Katanning 9.30am onwards, come along with your truck, tractor, stationary engine, free entry for exhibitors and camping available. See flyer on the Buy and Sell page.

Sat 28th & Sun 29th Sept Miling Truck and Car Show

HCVC AGM Wednesday 14th August

Members are reminded that the AGM is held next month on 14th August before the general meeting. The items for the AGM are:

The election of office bearers and com-mittee members.

Presentation of financial statements.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Map for Optus Stadium tour, if you need any more info contact Kevin on 0409 292 582

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Dodge truck At4 series, one 690 V8 318 motor cab chassis and gearbox and 2 speed diff. One 660 cab and chassis no motor or tray and one 17’8’’ wooden tray. Lots of spares, Contact Peter Collins 0417 050 209

Bumper Badges, the HCVC has a number of cast bumper badges for sale $30.00 each. Contact Peter Johnston 0408 922 475

125 mm Norton flap discs, available in 40 or 60 grit $2.00 each Flexovit 356 x 25.4mm Metal Cutting Wheels $5.00 each or $40.00 for a box of 10. Contact Kevin 0409 292 582

Edbro telescopic hoist: Fits front of tipper, approximately 5-7 ton truck, no pump or controls $300 ono. Contact Morris Danks Ph 0429 903 220

Wanted two Chev brake drums, 8 stud 12" diameter rears. They fitted models from the 40s to well into the early 60s Contact Mel Taylor Ph 0400 789 998

Scotchbrite 125mm strip discs $5.00 each or $20 for a box of 5. Contact Kevin 0409 292 582

Truck for sale Some parts missing, buyer must take the lot. Contact Dave Lindsay

Site box, 200cm long x 60 cm x 60 cm. Very solid steel box with recess for pad-locks and an extra padlock. Strong hinges that cant be removed. A strong clean box that will store all your gear. $500 ono Contact Kevin 0409 292 582

1952 Austin Loadstar 3 ton truck, older restoration, goes well, stops ok. $4000 or reasonable offer. Contact Morris Danks 0429 903 220

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On Thursday 4th July, the wettest day of the year so far we headed south to brothers Eddy and Herbie Van Dongens yard. Many people know of it as it has a full length Kenworth road train welded to the front fence. After being white for many years its had a spruce up in pink, a timely reminder for breast cancer awareness month coming up in October. Eddy has been involved with many worthwhile fundraising campaigns' over the years. This pink truck will draw plenty

of attention on Thomas road and will be photographed many times and the message “Truckies care for breast cancer” will be shared on social media.

We had a good roll up of 25 members for the event. Ed-dy had made up a new fire pit the day before out of an-chor chain and a large fuel tank end. The fire was compli-mented with hot tea and coffee for morning tea while the rain continued to tip down.

In a rain break we ventured on a tour of the yard which is home to a variety of working and retired vehicles. All of them have a different story to tell,

many are still working and some were going to be fixed by Christmas, just not sure which year. Some HCVC members have their old trucks and working ones at the yard.

There is a vast collection of road work signs inside and outside the sheds. Eddy obtained a shipping container a few years ago and it was

full to the brim with signs, enough to line the entire back wall of a long shed.

Members really enjoyed the day with many stay-ing on long after the BBQ lunch sitting around the fire talking while the rain kept com-ing down. Thanks to the Van Dongen families for a great day out.

Lou Sadik and Steve Falconer with a couple of Lou’s trucks parked in the yard

How many tyres do you need for a retired Ford LTL

Members looking at Herbie’s 1932 Albion motor, more about this one next month.

Not going anywhere soon with three flat tyres.

Where to from here?

The open fire draws the members in

Eddy’s Cat D2 in the shed