AVVVA members vehicles at the Avon Valley Vintage Festival

AVVVA NEWSLETTER

March 2014

AVVVA Committee Contacts for 2014

President: JOHN KING 9622 8541 Vice President: JIM DONOVAN 9622 2386 Secretary: SYLVIA BRISTOW-STAGG 9622 5932 Treasurer: THEO BEKKERS 9571 8417 Concessional Licence: ANDREW WELLS 9295 1572

28 YILGARN ST MUNDARING 6073 andrewwells@iinet.net.au

Club Trailer Hire: JOHN KING 9622 8541 Editor: FRED SINGLETON 9622 1192 28 KILLICK STREET NORTHAM WA 6401 fsi93402@bigpond.net.au

Website: http://www.avonvintagecars.org.au Clubrooms & General Enquiries: Phone 9622 3622

Postal Address: PO Box 755 NORTHAM WA 6401

E-mail address: fsi93402@bigpond.net.au

ABN 33 053 396 253

NEXT CLUB MEETING - THURSDAY March 20th 8.00pm AT THE CLUB ROOMS FITZGERALD ST NORTHAM

The following Articles/Editorials are published as received and are not necessarily the views of the AVVVA.

Deadline for articles: Last day of the month

MINUTES of the GENERAL MEETING

Held Thursday 20th February 2014 at AVVVA CLUB ROOMS

Meeting Opened at 7.57pm with President John King in the Chair In Attendance John King, (Pres), Barry Bristow-Stagg, Stan Eastwood, Jeff Mills, David Brinckley, Malcolm Strahah, Murray Sumpton, Jim Donovan (V.P.), Ben Sullivan, Scott Andrews, Tanya, Sylvia Bristow-Stagg (Sec). Apologies for non Attendance: Fred Plane, Theo Bekkers Jr, (Tres.), Theo Bekkers Sr, Fred Singleton, Paul Andrews. Minutes of previous Meeting as presented in Newsletter Business arising from Minutes: Nil Moved : Stan Eastwood … Seconded : Murray Sumpton … That the previous minutes, the apologies and business arising be accepted. Carried.

Correspondence In: Shannons 2014 Melbourne late summer classic auction tabled Shannons 2014 Sydney classic autumn auction, rare nbr plates tabled Shannons German F1 Motorfest tabled Brookton MensShed @ Old Time Motor Show Sat 22 Mar. bring your Human Powered Contraption tabled VAA Past Times Feb 2014 and Events sheet tabled All Aust.Car Day by ‘Just Cruizin’, Waroona Showgrd, 13 Apr, 10a-4p, info @ 0407333775/0418936952 Vint.Spt.Car Club Flying 50, 15th Annual around Northam, Sun 6 Apr. Prior-run 7.30a-10a Guildford to Nthm Viewing tent/access to pits, $20pcar, part proceeds to ‘Think Pink’ Avon Vall.Vint.Fest. Labour Day W/End, Program of events,info tanya1973@skymesh.com.au 0429260537 Callide Dawson Mach.Club – 14th Old Wheels in Motion, Biloela (Qld) 19/20 July. Finances- Shire_Power & Oval fee, Soda Blasting_Shed, Allans Auto_Battery, Toms Hoists, all to Treasurer Counc.Mot.Club Levy refund re AHMF lobby to Fed.Gov., matters re historic movement in Aust. $210. Alex Christie Tender for Model A, with provisos. Shannons Improvements to Club Listings & features of the Club on their Website.-….. to Fred S Shire of Northam re Parking at Complex. Issues from our letter are being considered, formal response soon. Shire of Goomalling Post War Ball on Anzac Day, theme – 1920/1st WW, car of era, 2 Matrons to Ball. GB Classic Car Show 27th Apr. Andrew needs lists of attendees/details, so as to recv passes on 23 Mar. GB VAA, M Hill Run on 18 May to Grass Valley Tav, Nat.Motor.Herit.Day. Would like us to join with them. New Member M Greenwood/A Fourie. To New Members . Out: Classic Car Show Filled in form showing Andrew Wells as Co-ordinator for 27 April. Moved : Stan Eastwood... Seconded: Scott Andrews ….. that the Inwards correspondence/emails be accepted, and the Outwards correspondence/emails are endorsed. Carried. Finance: via Secretary- Last month’s balance $6,728. Outgoings, $243.54. Incomings, $12,208.25 from CMC, Hist.Plate, Regalia, Memb.fee, Swapmeet & Cooldrinks. Accts passed for payment, Shire for power $72.75, Oval $300, Water blasting $600, Battery $125, Hoist main. $71.50, Lions $905. Also a run down given on SwapMeet.

Moved: Malcolm Strahan… Seconded: Murray Sumpton… that the Treasurer’s report as given be accepted and accounts passed for payment. Carried Reports: Shed Report: Busy bee last Saturday was for Swapmeet, still need a busy bee this Saturday. Rest of Shed was water blasted, as soda blasting may take off galvanising & is more expensive. Work still to be done around grounds. Events Our Annual SwapMeet was an ongoing success, at least up to 5% better, maybe more. The Lions Club of Northam did a fantastic job again on the Gates, opening them up for Sellers a lot earlier certainly relieved any possibility of a ‘bottle-neck’ like last year. More attention will need to be paid next year to the placing of stalls & displays on the Oval. The warm weather caused the constant replenishing of cooldrinks, especially water. Avon Valley Vintage Festival: On 1st & 2nd March (long weekend). Cars & some motorcycles have been organised, and Vehicles left in situ will be under security, same as last year. Brookton Old Time Motor Show is the next event on 22nd Mar. This is usually a good event although so far only 4 or 5 Members have indicated their intention of attending. A couple of other Members will attend if their projects are completed in time. Moved: Jim Donovan… Seconded: Scott Andrews… That the reports be accepted Carried New Members: Michael Greenwood & Albert Fourie of Tammin, with 3 Austins, 2 x 1959 A40 Farina, one original & one restored, and a 1955 A35 unrestored. Moved: Jeff Mills… Seconded: David Brinckley… That they be accepted as Members of our Club. General Business: *Shire of Goomalling- Anzac Day Ball, Their request for a 1920s Car on that day cannot be fulfilled, no car is available, and certainly not at night. *Classic Car Show 27th April. Andrew Wells needs lists of attendees & PO./email details before 23rd March. Passes for entry are mandatory, & will be obtained by Andrew on the 23rd March orientation day, to be distributed before the 27th April. Members wishing to attend need to provide their intentions & details before 23rd March *Old Northam Railway Station – Parking: Second communication acknowledging our letter last year, advising that issues from our letter are being considered, and we will receive a formal response soon. *VAA: per Michael Hill. Inviting our Club to join them on National Motoring Heritage Day, 18th May. They will be leaving from Bellevue & driving to Grass Valley Tavern for lunch. Six Members indicated they would be prepared to join the VAA at lunch, with the possibility of 2 others. Numbers are needed so that the VAA can organise catering at the Grass Valley Tavern. There is a possibility of a stop before and/or after at local Members venues, this to be checked out. *10th Light Horse Event: With Military in attendance about March/April. No other information known at this stage. *Model A: Discussion ensued re the tender for same. After further discussion a decision was made- Moved: Murray Sumpton.. Seconded: Malcolm Strahan… That the Model A be sold as per Tender Requirements, to the Tenderer. Carried *David Brinckley: a Member & Club supporter for some years. David advised that he would be leaving for Victoria the next week. It has been a pleasure being a Member of our Club, and he wished to stay as a Member and in contact with the Club. David was similarly thanked by all present for his support and dedication to the Club over the years, and that we wished him all the best for the future. David also indicated that his truck would remain here unless it was sold. *Other Model A parts: that are for sale, not 1930s. Not until the present tender was completed. There being no further business the meeting closed at 9.10pm

President's Report March 2014 The AVVVA had a display of nine vehicles at the Avon Valley Vintage Festival on 1st - 2nd March. The Club displayed 2 cars and the Harley with Side Car, Bert & Angie Hayes 2 cars, Fred & Linda Singleton 2 cars, John & Hazel King 2 cars and Malcolm Strahan proudly displayed his recently finished restoration of the 1926 International Truck. Brookton Old Time Motor Show is on 22nd March and the same weekend is the Tin Dog Motor Weekend and Swap Meet at Dowerin. Sunday the 27th April is the Classic Car Show at Whiteman Park. (If you are attending this event please advise Andrew Wells before 23rd March to enable him to post an entry pass ticket to you.) Cheers John Bill Gates V’s General Motors “The PC industry is different than any other industry. The volume, the openness, the innovation, it's really unequaled. In fact, comparisons are often done between this industry and others, and it's just stunning when you look at it. The price of a mid-sized GM auto, it's about double what it used to be... And if you take that and say, what would those prices be if it were like the PC industry, the car would cost about $25 and do 1000 miles to the gallon." Bill Gates at the COMDEX computer expo, November 1997 (This comment, and a response purported to be from the CEO of General Motors has become urban legend) Attributed reply from General Motors CEO : If GM developed technology like Microsoft , we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics. For no reason whatsoever , your car would crash twice a day. Every time they repainted the lines in the road , you would have to buy a new car. Occasionally, your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all the windows, shut off the car, restart it and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun , was reliable , five times as fast and twice as easy to drive but would run on only 5% of the roads. Every time a new car was introduced , car buyers would have to learn all over again how to drive because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car. ( Note: The UK programme Top Gear decided that the first car to be produced with modern features and ease of driving , as we are used to now , was the 1923 Austin Seven and that was 91 years ago ! Ed. )

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CLUB MEMBERSHIP & MERCHANDISE

(Membership due 30th June each year)

Couple or single……………….…..........…$30.00 Newsletter Postage…………….….......…. $ 8.00 (no fee if on e-mail only) Machinery Insurance……….$18.00 per person (for Stationary Motors) Monthly Newsletter Advertisment……………$35.00 Bumper Badge…………………….……….…..$25.00 Concessional Plates”Historic” (2 per vehicle)$ 6.00ea Cap……………………………………………..$ 8.00 Embroidered Badge…………………………..$ 5.00 Name Badge…………………………………...$ 12.00 Shirts and Jackets…………...POA Ordered in sizes

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COMING EVENTS

MEETING DATES FOR 2014

THURSDAY March 20th THURSDAY April 17th

BUSY BEE DATES FOR 2014 SATURDAY March No Busy Bee ( Brookton ) SATURDAY April No Busy Bee ( Easter )

Saturday 22nd March 2014 Brookton Old Time Motor Show Brookton Commemorating the ANZAC Centenary, See Flyer this newsletter. Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd March 2014 The Tin Dog Motor Weekend & Swap Meet Mega Auto Swap Meet Dowerin See Flyer this newsletter Sunday 6th April 2014 Northam Flying 50 Vintage Sports Car Club of WA www.vsccwa.com.au Sunday 27th April 2014 Classic Car Show Mussel Pool Whiteman Park ( Contact Andrew Wells for tickets before 23rd March. ) Sunday 3rd May 2014 Moondyne Festival Toodyay Contact : Stan Eastwood Ph : 9574 4462 E mail : junestan@bigpond.net.au Sunday 18th May 2014 Wundowie Iron Festival Wundowie Sunday 18th May 2014 National Motoring Heritage Day Various locations Sunday 18th May 2014 British Car Day Gingin Sunday 20th July 2014 VCC Autojumble Carine Association Southern River Cnr Ranford Road and Warton Road. Enquires Bob Beames : Ph 0419 276 411

Sunday 14th September 2014 Bindoon Vintage & Classic Car Day Bindoon Oval Bindoon Ph Chris Stokes 9576 0050 e-mail cstokes5@bigpond.com 22nd – 27th September 2014 National A Model Ford Rally Busselton. More details later. Sunday 5th October 2014 VCC Autojumble Cannington Showgrounds Cnr Albany Hwy and Station Street Cannington Enquires Bob Beames : Ph 0419 276 411 16th – 19th October 2014 Lake Perkolilli 1914 -2014 Centenary of Speed , near Kalgoorlie Contact Graeme Cocks e-mail : gacocks@iinet.net.au 19th – 24th October 2014 National Veteran Rally Kalgoorlie-Boulder WA Hosted by Veteran Car Club of WA inc John Wood e-mail : wood1941@bigpond.com Or phone 08 9402 4165 Harry Pyle e-mail : hdpyle@bigpond.net.au Or phone 08 9330 2370

AVVVA members cars at the Vintage Festival

NOTICE BOARD

AVVVA APPAREL With the exception of the caps, all items have the AVVVA

Club Logo embroidered on them.

Men’s Long or Short Sleeve Shirts (light blue) - $35.00 Ladies Long or Short Sleeve Shirts (light blue) - $35.00

Fleecy Sweatshirt/Pullover (Royal Blue) - $42.00 Jacket (Royal Blue & Gold) - $45.00

Wide brim hats (Sand) - $25.00 Caps (Royal Blue)* - $8.00

*These have a printed logo, not embroidered I hope to have samples left at the AVVVA Club rooms as well

as have them on club days.

For further information/orders please contact Hazel King Phone: 9622 8541

hazelking1@bigpond.com

For Sale 1968 Dodge AT4 Tow Truck $ 8,000 ono Enquires : David Brinckley phone 0419 197 501

Wanted 2 Front Mudguards to fit a 1938 15cwt Chevrolet light pick up truck Phone Neville 0419 380 001

Irony ….