OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF - WordPress.comMINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING 3rd MAY – 2019 Held at the Clubrooms, Docker & Morgan Sts. Wagga Wagga Meeting opened by President A. Taylor

REFLECTION — MAY 2019

WAGGA WAGGA VETERAN & VINTAGE MOTOR CLUB INC – THE FAMILY CLUB

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“THE FAMILY CLUB” PO BOX 598

WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650

ESTABLISHED 1967


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REFLECTION NEWSLETTER OF THE WAGGA WAGGA VETERAN

AND VINTAGE MOTOR CLUB INCORPORATED

ESTABLISHED 1967 INCORPORATED 1987

OFFICE BEARERS PRESIDENT Annie Taylor 0427 544 150 [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT Bob Maslin 0412 065 898 [email protected]

SECRETARY Janelle Clout 0418 253 010 [email protected]

TREASURER Brian Hanson 0269 223 316 [email protected]

MAGAZINE EDITOR Sue Kelly 0428 616 921 [email protected]

SOCIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR Stuart Le Lievre 0448 175 752 [email protected]

REGISTRATION OFFICER Gerald Rainbird 0269 202 379 [email protected]

RALLY DIRECTOR Phil Hoey 0418 673 186 [email protected]

PROPERTY & LIBRARY OFFICER Ian Holgate 0269 219 772 PUBLICITY OFFICER Julie Rockliff 0269 264 947 [email protected]

CLUB GROUNDS OFFICER Lou Debono 0423 965 005 [email protected]

SUB – COMMITTEES SOCIAL EVENTS CLUB GROUNDS REGISTRATION MAGAZINE JUNE RALLY PUBLICITY Stuart Le Lievre Lou Debono Gerald Rainbird Sue Kelly Phil Hoey Julie Rockliff Bob Maslin Bob Smith John Rockliff Stuart LeLievre Annie Taylor Robyn Petts Craig Kelly John Rockliff Peter Billingham Rob LeLievre Janelle Clout Pam Tarlinton Annie Taylor Wayne Clout Ian Condon Chris Billingham Peter Fitzpatrick Pam Tarlinton Ian Holgate Wayne Clout Brian Hanson Brian Hanson Rob Le Lievre Ian Holgate Craig Kelly Julie Rockliff Brian Hanson Colleen Rainbird

MEETINGS

Monthly meetings are held at 7.30 pm on the first Friday of each month at the clubrooms, corner of Docker and Morgan Streets, Wagga Wagga. All members, guests and visitors are welcome.

CLUB EVENTS

Club events are held on various days during the year. Please check the "Coming Events" section of this newsletter for details. For vehicles on “Club Plates”, a copy of the club magazine with the ‘Events calendar’ showing the sanctioned events must be in the member’s vehicle when on these specific events.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS

The Club's Statement of Objects is as follows:

For the association of persons interested in Veteran, Vintage, Classic and Post Classic motor vehicles.

To encourage the restoration, preservation, use and display of these vehicles and associated literature, films, photographs, tape recordings and video tapes.

To demonstrate the capabilities of these vehicles by engaging in competitions including economy trials, regularity runs, observation events, motorkhanas, concourse competitions and vehicle rallies.

To encourage goodwill, friendship, and communication between members of this Club, and between members of this Club and all other persons, clubs and associations having like Objectives.



MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING 3rd MAY – 2019

Held at the Clubrooms, Docker & Morgan Sts. Wagga Wagga Meeting opened by President A. Taylor at 7.30pm A minutes silence was held on the passing of Betty Deacon. Our condolences go out to Kevin & Family PRESENT: 24 APOLOGIES: 12 Visitor: 2 PREVIOUS MINUTES It was moved by J. Clout 2nd S. Kelly that the minutes from the Monthly Meeting held on the 5th April 2019 and as read at the May Meeting be accepted. Carried BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES Nil CORRESPONDENCE IN *email from Phil Mudie (SMA) re tag-along Tour CORRESPONDENCE OUT *Email to Phil Mudie re Tag-along Tour BUSINESS FROM CORRESPONDENCE The Committee has offered the use of our rooms on the 31st Oct for the Q & A session of the Tag- along Tour with the SMA, and maybe dinner venue. More info to follow in the coming months TREASURERS REPORT B. Hanson moved 2nd C. Kelly that the report as tabled be accepted carried EVENTS : Rob reported on coming events. RALLY: Phil gave a run down on rally preps. Sunday lunch will be at Temora Public School. Badges and Trophies are ready. CLUB GROUNDS: Working bee is 26th May 9.00 am, to tidy the gardens up, clean the BBQ’s and general cleaning GENERAL BUSINESS *U3A- all positive feedback from U3A on the rooms

**** CHANGE OF DATE FOR JUNE

MEETING: 31ST MAY ****

*CLUB PHOTO’S: The Committee recommended that photos of past members cars and cars that have been sold be taken of the wall. This was put to members. One suggestion that was given that we take those photos and shrink down and put them into a frame to hang elsewhere in our rooms. This was passed over to the next meeting *And then the blackout happened and the rest of the meeting was done by torch light *Chris B presented Rob with a cross stitched cushion of a Chrysler that took her about 10 years to do. * Janelle to look into info about the Log book trial. *Get well wishes to Bill Denton who is not 100% at the moment. *Due to the events at tonight’s meeting, Janet has asked that we keep candles on hand and look into getting exit signs above the doors. Janelle will look into this. PAST EVENTS Members attended Midweek Run Social Day Restoration run Anzac Day Meeting Closed 8.45pm

The minutes of the March Meeting of the Southern Motoring Association Inc. are located in the Members Section of the Club website. https://wwvvmcinc.wordpress.com/members-section/



APRIL “WHO AM I?” April 2019 is Stuart LeLievre

MEMBERSHIP REMINDER Our Constitution states that Fees and Subscriptions must be paid before the 1st July in each calendar year.

Members who have not paid their subs by the 1st July will be deemed an UNFINANCIAL MEMBER. There is no grace period.

When you are un-financial your vehicles are UNREGISTERED and UNINSURED. Annual Subs - $70 - are due before the 1st July. Get in now so you don’t forget and get caught out. There will be only one more magazine reminder before the due date.

Direct debit details for Wagga Wagga Veteran and Vintage Motor Club Inc. General account.

Bank: Commonwealth Bank

BSB: 062600

A/C No: 00900546 Please include your name in the Payment Reference

CAKES AND SLICES FOR RALLY Remember that we need lots of cakes, slices, biscuits etc for our rally afternoon tea. Why not start cooking today and pop it in the freezer so we don’t have that last minute rush.

As you may have read in the minutes, our last meeting was interrupted by a blackout, due to the major gas leak down at the RSL club. But we were undeterred. The meeting, and then supper carried on by torchlight!

Contributed Ray Harrison

A trip down memory lane....................

Fond memories of growing up in a very different world.

All the girls had ugly school uniforms



It took five minutes for the TV to warm up

Nearly everyone's Mum was home when the kids got home from school

Nobody owned a pure-bred dog

You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny

Your Mother wore nylons that came in two pieces

All male teachers wore ties and female teachers had their hair done every day and wore high heels

You got your windscreen cleaned, oil checked and petrol served, without asking, all for free, every time..

Mum cooked every night and nearly every meal was meat and 3 Veg with a Roast on Sunday.

They threatened to keep children back a year if they failed the school year. .. . And they did!

When an FC Holden was everyone's dream car...

No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked

Playing cricket with no adults to help the children with the rules of the game

Bottles came from the corner shop without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger

When being sent to the headmaster's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited you at home

Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.

As well as summers filled with bike rides, cricket, Hula Hoops, skating and visits to the pool, and bonfire nights with REAL firecrackers.

Taking drugs meant being given half of one of mum's Bex tablets for a headache!!!

Contributed Rocky



“CAPRICIATION” 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORD CAPRI A few of our members travelled to the Show and Shine display in Albury on Saturday 27 April. This display was a part of their four day event

Contributed B Hanson

QUOTE OF THE DECADE "A socialist paradise would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive healthcare, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities, and only law enforcement has guns

And believe it or not, such a place does indeed already exist: It's called Prison."

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Phoenix, AZ

Contributed Ruth Foster



PANTHER De VILLE

The Panther De Ville is a neo-classic luxury vehicle which was produced by Panther Westwinds, the British specialty maker, from 1974 to 1985. The De Ville was conceived by Robert Jankel to appeal to the taste of nouveau riche customers, including singer Elton John and actor Oliver Reed. About 60 De Villes were hand-built, including eleven two-door convertibles (for many years Britain's most expensive listed production car), and one pink and gold six-door limousine.

With a wheelbase of 142 inches (3,600 mm), the tubular-framed De Ville used a straight-six engine or a V12 engine from Jaguar Cars. The flowing wing lines and big headlights of the De Ville were styled to imitate the Bugatti Royale. The cockpit of the De Ville was modern, without the exterior's pretence of pre-war styling. The Panther De Ville was equipped with Jaguar suspension, power steering and automatic transmission, so it was an easy car to drive and quite quick, although poor aerodynamics tended

to keep the top speed low. Interiors were lavish and often featured TV sets and drinks bars. The doors of the De Ville were from the BMC 1800 family car. A Panther De Ville was used in Disney's 1996 live-action movie 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil's car. The Jaguar engine in the car was replaced with a small-block Chevrolet V8. The Panther de Ville for the movie was hand painted by Alexander Mitchell Manufacturer: Panther Westwinds Ltd Production: 1974 - 1985 60 produced Assembly: Weybridge, England Designer: Robert Jankel Body and chassis Body style 4-door saloon

2-door convertible 6-door limousine 2-door coupé



Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout Engine 4.2 L Jaguar XK6

5.3 L Jaguar V12 Transmission 3-speed automatic (1974–1976)

4-speed automatic (1977–1985) Dimensions Wheelbase 142.0 in (3,607 mm) Length 204.0 in (5,182 mm) Width 71.0 in (1,803 mm) Height 61.0 in (1,549 mm) Curb weight 4,370 lb (1,982 kg)

The customised Panther De Ville driven by Cruella De Vil in the films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_De_Ville

An Irishman goes to the doctor, who after examining him says: “You have some problems with your heart,

but if you take these tablets, I think it will be okay. “So the doctor gives the man the tablets and the patient asks, “Do I have to take them every day?” No,” replies the doctor, “take one on the Monday, skip the Tuesday, take one on the Wednesday, skip the Thursday and go on like that. “Two weeks later the doctor is walking down the street, and he sees the patient’s wife. “Hello Mrs Murphy,” he says, “how’s your husband?” “Oh he died of a heart attack,” says Mrs Murphy. “I’m very sorry to hear that,” says the doctor, “I thought if he took those tablets he would be all right.” “Oh the tablets were fine,” says Mrs Murphy, “It was all the bloody skipping that killed him!”

Contributed SK

PROFILE “WHO AM I?”

Hometown: Tumut, NSW Lives: Wagga Wagga, NSW Ford/Holden: Holden Grandchildren: 3 What car did you learn to drive in? EH Holden Favourite music: Classic 60’s, 70’s, 80’s Interests as a child: Horse riding, Girl Guides First employment: Sales assistant Interests as an adult: Sewing, Gardening Cat / Dog: Dog Favourite Place: Yarrangobilly Caves DNA: England, Wales and North Western Europe 64%; Ireland, Scotland 27%; Sweden 5%; Norway 4% What is the longest trip you have been on in your club car? Uluru / Alice Springs Dream Holiday: Yoga retreat



Sudoku # 36 Solution

Sudoku #37

Two men had just finished laying carpet and decided to have a

cigarette. The packet was nowhere to be found but one of the men spotted a lump in the middle of the carpet. ‘Blast’ he thought’ I’m not going to take up all the carpet just for a packet of fags.’ So, he got a hammer and flattened the lump. Just then the owner of the house came into the room holding the packet of cigarettes. ‘I think these must be yours’ she said. ‘None of us smoke. And by the way, you haven’t seen my pet hampster have you?

Contributed Val Fitzpatrick

MOWING ROSTER Saturdays 2019

* Denotes “Main Contact” in charge of organising a key. The date indicated is the weekend you must mow. If you cannot make it, please contact the “Main Contact” to make other arrangements or change places with somebody from another weekend. Phil Hoey mows the main lawns and you only have to do around the gardens, the edges and clean the toilets. The full 2019 mowing roster is on the Member Section of the website.

25th May Ian Holgate* Adrian Clout 8th June Stuart LeLievre* Peter Billingham

22nd June Bob Maslin* Laurie Taylor 6th July Brian Hanson * Chris Mooney 20th July Loue DeBono* Bob Smith 3rd August Peter FitzPatrick* Jeffery Ingram 17th August John Rockliff* Malcolm Nixon

MILITARY VEHICLES Do you have an interest in Military vehicles? A procession of about 80 historic military vehicles, considered one of the largest assembled in Australia, filed through the streets of Wangi Wangi (Central Coast, NSW) on ANZAC Day before the Anzac Day service at the local RSL. Wangi Wangi played host to what is thought to be the largest Anzac Day parade of original World War II vehicles anywhere in Australia.



Tracy Vadnjal, of Ryhope, provided 43 vehicles from his extraordinary personal collection, while fellow members of Newcastle Military Vehicle Club took their own vehicles, which boosted the total number on show to 80.

Tracy Vadnjal, left, and Jason Becker, with an Australian tank used for training troops in Darwin for World War II. Picture: David Stewart

Included in the parade were Jeeps, tanks, amphibious vehicles, Bren gun carriers, motorcycles and a rare AEC Dorchester armoured command vehicle.

A sample of the 43 working vehicles that Tracy Vadnjal took to the Wangi Wangi Anzac Day parade. People travelled from far and wide to view the display that happens every year. Picture: David Stewart

The display has become an Anzac Day tradition in Wangi Wangi, and the pulling power of the vehicles is evident every year. It's estimated that crowds totalling five times the resident population of Wangi Wangi are drawn to the hamlet every year to see the vehicles.

Information found in “Lakes Mail”, community newspaper, April 15, 2019

This could be an interesting trip, or something to remember if you are in the area on ANZAC Day in the future.

LOCAL WAGGA WAGGA COUNCIL NEWS



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WOULD MEMBERS WHO ARE INTENDING TO ATTEND AN EVENT PLEASE NOTIFY THE SOCIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR BY EITHER PHONE OR EMAIL, HOPING YOUR NAME MAY ENTICE OTHER MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE EVENT.

CLUB EVENTS

Friday, 3rd May, 2019 Chris Billingham for CCBMT

0438 224 675

GENERAL MEETING & BIGGEST SUPPER Start at the clubrooms at 7.30 pm. Please bring a plate to share for supper. This is also the annual Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser.

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Tuesday, 7th May, 2019. Phil Hoey 0418 673 186

RALLY MEETING 7.30pm at the club rooms– ALL WELCOME 0 0

Monday 13th May, 2019 Sue Kelly 0428 616 921

MAGAZINE NIGHT (Sub- committee members) 7.00pm. 0 0

Monday 13th May, 2019 TRANSPORT DAY, WILLANS HILL SCHOOL 10.00am morning tea, 10.30am interactive display. Names to Stu please.

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Wednesday 15th May, 2019.

Pam Tarlinton 0429 966 684

MID WEEK RUN. Leave clubrooms at 1.30pm and arvo tea somewhere. 1 1

Sunday 26th May, 2019 Lou Debono 0423 965 005

CLUBROOMS CLEANUP in preparation for the June Rally, starting 9.00am. 2 4

Monday 27th May, 2019 COMMITTEE & RALLY MEETINGS 7.30pm at the Clubrooms. 0 0

Tuesday, 28th May, 2019.

Rob Le Lievre 0419 445 625

ROB’s SOCIAL DAY 10 Willow Tree Place, Springvale, 9.30am. Bring along a project to work on. Unlimited verbal assistance available.

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Friday 31st May, 2019

GENERAL MEETING Start at the clubrooms at 7.30 pm. Please bring a plate to share for supper. ***Note change of date due to June Rally***

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Friday 7th -Monday 10th June, 2019.

WWVVMC Inc JUNE RALLY

Tuesday 11th June, 2019 ROB’s SOCIAL DAY 10 Willow Tree Place, Springvale, 9.30am. Bring along a project to work on. Unlimited verbal assistance available. Note shift of date due to Rob’s hectic schedule.

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EVENTS FROM OTHER CLUBS AND SPECIAL INTEREST 3rd, 4th, 5th, May, 2019 AUTUMN TOUR 2019 Orange District Antique Motor Club, for pre-1931 vehicles. Stu has entry form.

Entries close 19th April. Saturday, 11th May,

2019

CROOKWELL POTATO FESTIVAL SHOW & SHINE Stu has entry form.

Saturday, 11th May,

2019

GALA OPEN DAY – Cooma Monaro Historic Automobile Club 20th Anniversary. Stu has flyer.

17th-20th May, 2019 CHMC ANNUAL RALLY, Griffith. Stu has entry form. Entries close 15th March or 180 entries.

17th-18th May, 2019 43rd HISTORIC WINTON Complimentary display ticket application form available from Stu

Sunday 19th May, 2019 Colin Sweeney

0427 861 070

JERILDERIE NED KELLY SHOW & SHINE

October/November Maxine Hayes Tag-Along-Tour –

SWAP MEETINGS 15th June, 2019 GOSFORD

7th July, 2019 Blacktown Swap Meet at FAIRFIELD SHOWGROUNDS

21st July, 2019 Site bookings

0458 454 477

WAGGA WAGGA,

11th August, 2019 Geoff

0429 441 481

COONABARABRAN,

LONG TERM PLANS

28th March-4th April,

2020

Christine Stevens

0419 789 151 AH

AHMF NATIONAL RALLY – Albury/Wodonga.

July/Aug 2020 Rob Le Lievre OUTBACK QUEENSLAND

7th October, 2020 Colleen Rainbird HUP RALLY – WWVVMC is catering.

2021 Rob Le Lievre TASMANIA, East Coast

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