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Rover Car Club
Of Otago Tribune October 2015
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF
THE ROVER CAR CLUB OF OTAGO
Web Site: www.trccoo.freeservers.com
Club Contacts
2014 / 2015
Club President Jeff Sparrow
Ph (027) 279 5423
E-mail [email protected]
Secretary Jan Smith
Ph (03) 465 1405
E-mail [email protected]
Treasurer Ray Pilley
Ph (03) 489 0033
E-mail [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Norman Sparrow
Ph (03) 487 6275
E-mail [email protected]
Committee Joe Smith (South Otago Rep)
Diana Kearns (Librarian)
Life Members Norman Sparrow
John Moore
Honorary Member Lyn Brown
The Otago Rover Tribune is published by the Rover Car Club of Otago.
The views or opinions expressed by individuals are not necessarily those
of the Club or Editor.
Club Postal Address Post Box 2075
Dunedin 9044
Web: www.trccoo.freeservers.com
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Rover Car Club of Otago. Events 2015
October 3rd South Island Endurance Series Ruapuna Raceway, Christchurch
Tuesday 8th. Monthly meeting Mosgiel RSA. 6-pm. Meal 7-pm Meeting
17th South Island Endurance Series Levels Raceway Timaru.
November Sunday 1st November
Mad Motoring Motor Show & Swap Meet
See poster in Mag for Details. Tuesday 3rd. Monthly meeting Mosgiel RSA.
6-pm. Meal 7-pm Meeting 7th & 8th November NOVE ROVE 2015 This years Rove will take us back to Wanaka,
the destination of our very first Nove Rove back in 2005.
Celebrating 10th Anniversary
13-15th Nov Highlands –101 Endurance Event
@ Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell. Best Of British on Saturday November 14th
December Tuesday 1st. Monthly meeting Mosgiel RSA.
6-pm. Meal 7-pm Meeting
Monthly meetings 1st Tuesday each month. Mosgiel RSA .
6-pm. Meal 7-pm Meeting Drinks & Natter
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IGNITION October 2015
Normal turnout for October meeting.
Welcome back to Ross & Veneta from their Holiday.
Location for meeting was popular, slight Kitchen Noises but none from other
patrons meals were excellent. I had the Ham steak.
Tomcat purring fine after the repairs but the temp gauge was getting up a bit.
I think I might still have a leak in one hose. (trying for a replacement).
The SD1 is still under cover & on hold, will be in the Drivers Mag again for offers
but only to a good home.
As mentioned in the Minutes proceedings for next years ARCC rally going well.
Have the NoveRove happening before next mag. A Must for all club members.
We have a few members will be going up for the upcoming swap meet,
Joe has the details.
Message from Ray about subs . Note the discount time has elapsed.
Best of British is the 14th November, a week after the NoveRove and will be
working in with the Oamaru Victorian heritage week.
10—20 Selected Classic Cars have been requested to be in the Street Parade ,
that is due to be held at Noon.
We have the Days programme details that are too numerous for to print.
Contact me if further details required, otherwise we will have all details and
will discuss it during the NoveRove weekend.
That’s all for now,
DRIVE SAFE OUT THERE Jeff Sparrow
President RCCOO.
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ROVER CAR CLUB OF OTAGO
Minutes of Club meeting held on Tuesday October 6th 2015
at Mosgiel RSA 7:13pm
PRESENT: Jeff Sparrow, Norman and Carleen Sparrow, Ray Pilley, John Moore, Joe Smith, Terry Bough, Bill & Gaynor Falconer, Alan Matchett, Ross and Veneta Allan, Jan Smith.
APOLOGIES: Eleanore and Ian Clark, Kevin & Jenny Phillips, Bernie and Steph. Halford,
Badger, Diana Kearns, Garth Lucas, Mel Tapp, Roger Tapp, John Rutherford Mover and seconder not sought that the previous minutes (Sept) are a true and accurate record.
CORRESPONDENCE: Waikato Newsletter Sept 2015
Roverview - Summer issue is out
ARCC Newsletter
Sept 2015 Cars & Parts for sale/wanted
Western Australia 'Rove 2016' Program of Events
Chandler re. Possible past member query
Wellington magazine
Best of British Charity Motoring Day (Nov 14) info
Motoring Mad Motor Show & Swap Meet Nov 1st Tulloch Park, Mataura
MATTERS ARISING/GENERAL BUSINESS
Jeff read through the information received re. Best of British Charity Motoring Day.
Jeff circulated a proposed certificate for Rally use and reported that Rally organisation is
going well.
Norman reported 14 items from the Rally meeting held Sept 30th.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Rally - 15 registrations incl. 2 North Island, 1 Canadian.
Ferry code for discount is being sent to North Island paid registrations with their receipts,
Ray advised he is also providing a link to the Oamaru I Site for any people staying on
after the Rally so they can see what is available.
Ray circulated an example of the receipt he has designed and is using for Rally items.
Latest statements reported on.
23 subs paid - quite a few still outstanding who now need to pay $30, Ray will follow up.
All present agreed the new area we used within the Venue is good.
Meeting closed 7:35pm
Next meeting: 7:00pmTuesday Nov 3rd RSA Mosgiel
Meal at 6:00pm for those who wish.
Parts for Sale
P4, 2 cars, a 1951 Cyclops (build number 14382797) and one circa 1955 (build num-
ber 14364538). Both have bench seats and column change.
Both cars are barn find condition.
The Cyclops is complete. The Cy-
clops last ran about 20 years agovan
Sisson has located these cars in the
Bay of Plenty. The owner apparently
wants $1000 to $1500 for the Cy-
clops. Ivan can be contacted at
P4, P5, P6 and Land Rover parts: the Nelson Marlborough Rover Club has a consid-
erable supply of new old stock parts. Mainly mechanical: brake calipers, axle half
shafts, gasket sets, gearboxes, P4 bumpers, P5 complete recon motor. Contact
Gavin Hill on [email protected].
P5 parts: rear wheel bearing kits. Front brake disc. Rear brake shoes. Front engine
mounts. Rear spring mounts. Front brake pads. First gear layshaft cog. Gearbox
mainshaft bronze bush. 6-cyl distributor cap. Some engine bearings and seals. Some
electrical items and lenses. SU Carburettor kit. Email [email protected] for full
list and prices. All at friendly prices; pick up from Waikanae. Brian Blackford, tel 04
293 4351. Wellington.
P5B parts contact Grant at [email protected] or 09 235 1235. Auckland
Replica Stickers – under bonnet labels printed to order on self adhesive vinyl. Also
aluminum types. Any marque no set up fees. Contact Barry Clark art-
SD1 Parts, Gareth Clark, 021 171 8698 see www.sd1travelledspares.info.
SD1 Vitesse parts. offers welcome. Front shock new, front right track rod ass and joints/bushes new,electric window lift and switches,fog light lens / fittings,wing mir-rors,factory workshop manual, radiator core new, complete dash incl all switches etc grey ,engine management computer Efi unit. Contact John White. Tel 09 4245462, Hibiscus Coast, Auckland 2000 Rover 75 2.5 auto, vehicle runs well but dereged, leather interior, electric seats & blind, alloys, all parts available. Contact Rover Car Club of Wellington [email protected].
Cars for Sale
1947 16 h.p.[P2] an easy restoration. Car is complete and was running when driven
into the garage 6 years ago. Solid and straight with only the usual rust around the sill
covers and boot lid etc. In the light of some recent prices achieved this would have to
be an absolute bargain at only $2500. Phone Lyall Kissell on 03 332 3773 Christ-
church or 0274 384 144
1962 3 litre [P5.] Reg on hold, another straightforward resto, partly stripped for paint-
ing, all parts clearly packed and marked. A straight and tidy car with no obvious rust
or structural issues. Complete with a huge quantity spares including a complete car,
manual gearboxes and huge range of body trim etc etc. Just the new radiator and
near new set of whitewall radial tyres alone are worth the price of $650. Phone Lyall
Kissell on 03 332 3773 Christchurch or 0274 384 144.
1962 LandRover Series 2 s.w. fitted with Holden engine, not running has R90 diffs
hub locks CB radio, etc a tidy old Landy with typical kiwi mods. Reg on
hold. $1000. Phone Lyall Kissell 03 332 3773 Christchurch or 0274 384 144.
SD1 Vanden Plas EFI model, this car spent the first couple of years of its life in Brit-
ain, then imported by its owner to New Zealand. The EFI shares many of the Vitesse
components including fuel injected motor, 15” mag wheels, uprated brakes and sus-
pension whilst retaining the VDP extras, trim and automatic transmission etc. It has
had only minor cosmetic restoration and an exchange long block has been fitted.
(Original will be included with car when sold). New front shock absorbers have been
recently installed. Mileage is at 139000 miles and is in excellent condition for age.
Tyres are good and car will have new WOF when sold. Asking price $10,000. Con-
tact Mike, 0274 482752, [email protected]. Manawatu. Photos available.
Cars Wanted
P6B, auto, power steering, reg &WoF. Contact Dave Roberton 06 843 5151 or
[email protected]. Hawkes Bay.
Parts Wanted
SD1 interior parts: grey (flint) transmission tunnel heater vents (not sun faded), grey
“A” pillar screw concealers, grey seat back screw concealers. Contact Nicholas Mar-
shall [email protected]
Books for Sale
Haynes Manuals Rover 618, 620 and 623 1993 to 1997, petrol models: new condi-tion – still in shrinkwrap $35 plus postage. . Contact Nicholas Marshall [email protected].
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Club Subscriptions Reminder
Thank you to those members who have paid their subs on time. However there are a number of members who still haven’t paid.
The $5 prompt payment discount expired on the 30th of September so any further subs payments needs to be at the full amount of $30.00.
Subs for the 2015 – 2016 year can be paid to the club as follows:-
Deposit into the Club bank account Westpac Bank A/C Number 03 0905 0035654 00
(Please don’t forget to insert your name as reference) or
Cheque made out to Rover Car Club of Otago. Post to PO Box 2075 Dunedin 9004
or Cash or cheque handed to the Treasurer.
Please do not sent cash by post in case it gets lost.
Ray Pilley Treasurer. 6 Oct 2015
NOVE ROVE 2015 7th & 8th November
10th Anniversary
The first meeting place will be Kaikorai Valley by Performance Cars,
8.45am.
Second meeting place will be Balclutha Town Hall which is on the South
side of the big bridge, 10am.
We will play follow the leader through some back roads to Raes Junction
where we will start a car trail that has been put together by Geoff Knox,
this trail will have us travel roads that you would normally not travel,
so this will offer up some new scenery for you.
We will hopefully arrive around 1pm at the Highland Park (Cromwell),
here we will have our cut lunch in their picnic area.
(Please bring your own cut lunch)
There is a on site coffee shop if you don't like cut lunch.
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See last mag for other Details.
Greetings to all members
National Rally 2016 The Otago Club have preparations well in hand for their 2016 Rally based in Oamaru for Easter 2016. They have sent out ear-ly details and more will follow. It sounds like they have a number of inter-esting and scenic places ready for us to visit. Based on a few comments that have been relayed to me, here are a couple of suggestions for the 2016 Rally. Could we have feedback on these:
It has been suggested that the Rally could be lengthened from the cur-rent format of 3 days, especially for the North Island contingent who will be taking two days to travel to Oamaru. Many of us already combine the Rally with a holiday anyway. But could we have a “mini rally” beforehand? We could meet in Blenheim on the Tuesday or Wednesday as all of the North Island cars will be coming off the ferry, then arrange a group tour that would arrive in Oamaru on the Friday. The Otago Club did this for the Nel-son Rally and had a great time.
As the SD1 turns 40 next year, could we have a focus on this model at the Rally. Many of us from the North Island own a number of different models, should we take the SD1 rather than a P series for the 2016 Rally? Could we persuade Allan Scott (SD1 book author and owner of a Bastos Racing SD1) to attend as a special guest?
National Rally 2017 As preparations will need to commence soon for this event, has there been any feedback on likely attendance for a 2017 North Island Rally in the Hawkes’ Bay in March 2017? This was suggested in part due to feedback from the South Island Clubs whose members sug-gested that they found North Island roads too busy for them. The Hawkes’ Bay will have quiet roads that would be enjoyed. The Waikato and Tarana-ki Clubs will need to make a start on organising this event soon, so feed-back on likely attendance would be appreciated.
ASSOCIATION OF
CAR CLUBS NZ (INC)
Association of Rover Car Clubs NZ (Inc)
PO Box 23004
Dalesford
Hamilton 3254
August 2015
www.rovercars.co.nz [email protected]
Newsletter number three
Australian National Rally 2016 The Australian National Rally is due to be held on 14-17
th October 2016 in Busselton in Western Australia. As this
doesn’t clash with any NZ Nationals, some members might wish to attend. I’ve sent details on this Rally to all clubs to distribute to their members. I’ve registered for this event already, so will receive all info on this event.
Car Valuation guide. Any further comments on this guide?
ARCC Website The website is now operating well, any suggestions for improvement would be appreciated.
Manawatu Club I’ve heard from Val at the Manawatu Rover Club. They’ve had a couple of issues this year with their committee, but are now back on track and want to remain in the ARCC. They unfortunately missed the cut off date for the Insurance and FOMC forms this year, but will receive all newsletters and will return officially to the ARCC next year.
Liability Insurance The feedback to date from Auckland, Waikato and Can-terbury Clubs is to retain the status quo regarding club setup and insur-ance. Feedback from Nelson was a possible yes to a partial amalgamation of the Regional Clubs into one National Club (for insurance purposes), with regional branches, but with reservations and provisos. Any further comments from the other Clubs? Due to the way that the insurance is now calculated, this would require all Clubs to pay the insurance portion of the ARCC levy. This would mean that the ARCC subs for next year would be $5 per member for all Clubs as discussed at the AGM. This increase is to cover the additional insurance cost.
Health & Safety The FOMC continue to maintain a watching brief on this issue. They will keep us informed of progress, but it will involve some input from the various committees to ensure we have all of the necessary forms completed for any Club event.
SD1 turns 40 in 2016 There has been some discussion between the Auck-land, Waikato and Bay of Plenty Clubs regarding having a special event to mark 40 years of the Rover SD1 in 2016. This could either be at the Na-tional Rally, or a separate event. There was also a suggestion for a special grille badge to mark the occasion. As the SD1 doesn’t have a grille, possi-bly a mounting on the bumper plinth adjacent to the number plate? Com-ments on this idea please, plus an indication of likely numbers, should we decide to proceed with this.
Kind regards, David Raven, National Secretary.
