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Crankhandle News MAY 2017 Austin Se7en outside our clubhouse The Official magazine of the GOLD COAST ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB
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Crankhandle News
MAY 2017
Austin Se7en outside our clubhouse
The Official magazine of the GOLD COAST ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB
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Gold Coast Antique Auto club: PO Box 228, Mudgeeraba, Qld, 4213
Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.gcaac.com.au
Club meetings are held 2nd Monday of every month (except January)
at 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Visitors welcome
Street Address: 238 Mudgeeraba Road, Mudgeeraba Q 4213
DISCLAIMER:
The opinions expressed within are not necessarily shared by the editor or officers
of the GCAAC. Whilst all care is taken to ensure the technical information and
advice offered in these pages is correct, the editor and officers of the GCAAC
cannot be held responsible for any problems that may occur from acting on such
advice and information.
GCAAC COMMITTEE
Position Name Phone Email
President David Mitchell 5577 1787 [email protected]
Vice President Peter Amey 5525 0250
0407 374 196
Secretary Richard Brown 0417 704 726 [email protected]
Treasurer Colin Hayes 5525 3312
0409 825 913
Events coordinator John Talbot 0421 185 419 [email protected]
Dating Officer Bill Budd 5535 8882
0409 358 888
Publicity Officer John Talbot 0421 185 419 [email protected]
Editor Peter A. Jones 0413 379 410 [email protected]
Spare parts & prop-
erty
Graham
Tattersall
5554 5659 [email protected]
Librarian/Historian Wayne Robson 5522 8000
0409 610 229
Hall & Social Officer Pam Giles 0400 278 807 [email protected]
Life Members: Graham Hetherington, Peter Harris, Margaret Hession, John Wood,
Graham Tattersall
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We have had our annual Easter break and our Gold Coast weather has been “Just The Best” with slightly cooler sunny days, most enjoyable. By the time this goes to print our 2-day Autorama will be upon us, it’s good to see that some late entries are still coming in and at the last count was almost 60 cars entered. This year`s Autorama is the first at the new earlier in the year time, previously they have been held around November and if the weather
stays like this it will be perfect. Recently over 6 days in Toowoomba the National Austin 7 Tour was held and I went to the display day on Sunday 9th April. It was great to see 120 Austin 7s from all over Australia between 80 & 90+ years old lined up together. The array of models was amazing ranging from race cars, Nippy 2-seaters, Chummys, Ruby sedans, Vans, many Australian bodied cars including our own Tricia Hanley in her 1927 Sports and 2 very rare Austin 7 Swallow sedans, [Swallow produced the first Jaguars]. When Holdens are 90 years old I wonder if there will be display days like this? I have rediscovered a report that David King wrote in the Crankhandle 9 years ago when he was our President and I would like to repeat a small part of it as it is so appropriate today. It is called – Strength through Diversity. Our club will change - all we need to do is look at the wonderful array of photos on the walls of the club house to see that. Today the cars look different but the range of marquis is as diverse today as it was 30 years ago. And in 30 years, when a new member with a 2016 MAZDA MX5 wants to join, our club will still be around. To survive we must recognise that it is our diversity, and our willingness to celebrate that motoring diversity, is why we maintain strong membership. In accepting our members cars – we also accept and celebrate our members. Strength through Diversity - Sounds good to me.
Happy Motoring. Cheers David Mitchell.
PRESIDENTS REPORT
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EDITORIAL
Well here we are, already May and the year will soon be half
over, and by the time you read this newsletter Autorama will be
over and I hope all those that attended had a great time. With
the swap getting closer it’s time to help the usual few and lend
a hand. If you are able to help, all you need to do is contact a
committee member with the times you are free to help and your
name will be added to the roster.
We will need helpers some of Saturday and most of Sunday including cleaning up
after the swap, the more helpers we get the easier it will be for everyone on the
day. Just remember, most of the committee will be at the showground Friday,
Saturday and Sunday and I have even put in for a day’s leave to help on the
Saturday, so how about you?
In the past I have asked for articles like ‘Cars I have owned’, two members sent
an item in. I also tried ‘Members Cars’ - two stories and ‘Restoration Tips’ - no sto-
ries received so therefore I have had to drop four pages from this and future
newsletters.
At the last committee meeting it was decided that the Sunday club run will be held
back on the second Weekend of the month from August onwards, this give a
longer gap between the weekend and mid-week runs. We also have a lot of extra
events during the next couple months so keep an eye on the GCAAC Events
pages on the newsletters.
Well I think that’s all from me this month, keep those wheels rolling and I hope to
see more of you on Sunday runs
Cheers
Peter aJ
RACQ MotorFest 2017 - Sunday, 9 July 2017
The fun, atmosphere and excitement of RACQ MotorFest will return to Eagle Farm
Racecourse, Ascot on Sunday, 9 July 2017
Registration fees include your vehicle entry and a commemorative car badge, which you’ll receive with your exhibitor kit prior to the event.
Early Bird Registration (Monday, 27 February - Sunday, 30 April 2017): $15 inc GST Full Registration (Monday, 1 May - Friday, 9 June 201&): $25 inc GST
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GCAAC EVENTS
MAY 2017
3 May Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm
8 May General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm
17 May Cut off date for June newsletter
20 May Cars N Coffee - meet at club house @ 8 am
21 May National Motoring Heritage Display Day at club house, with
yearly Show and Shine - meet at club house between 9 and
9 30 am, BYO morning tea, lunch will be provided
31 May Mid-week run TBA
JUNE 2017
7 June Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm
12 June General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm
17 June Cars N Coffee - meet at club house @ 8 am
18 June King of the Mountain TBA
21 June Cut off date for July newsletter
24-25 June June Mudgeeraba Show details TBA.
28 June Mid-week run TBA
JULY 2017
5 July Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm
9 July RACQ Motorfest, Eagle Farm Racecourse
10 July General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm
15 July Cars N Coffee - meet at club house @ 8 am
19 July Cut off date for July newsletter
21-23 July Original Gold Coast Swap, contact the committee and offer
help please
26 July Mid-week run TBA
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March Cars & Coffee
Cars & Coffee Gold Coast was fantastic.
However with the whole week forecasted
to have plentiful showers, Bruce Lynton
Jaguar cancelled on bringing their
Jaguar F-TYPE SVR. They however did
bring along a F-Pace 4WD, very nice but
not as thrilling as the SVR would have
been. However the weather proved to be
splendid and we had a wonderful
morning. Several unique and wonderful
vehicles turned up including a 1950’s
Buchanan. Painted in bright red with a
racing decals plastered on its doors and
hood it certainly looked like Ferrari race
cars from the era. It was extremely well
restored and it deservedly won the Car
of the Meet. It was truly a crowd pleaser
and attracted plenty of attention. Right
next to it was a Honda NSX, Honda’s
answer to the Ferrari F40 of the 90’s and
truly Asia’s 1st Supercar. Paul drove
down his always highly-admired 1913
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and treated
everyone to a short demonstration of
starting his behemoth. A truly engaging
process. They certainly do not make cars
like this anymore with its open valve
system and 1.5m long 7.6L engine. We
had several Jaguars with the XJC in all
its original beauty with supple ruby red
leather interior, the ultra powerful MK II
3.8L, a car infamous for being used in
bank robberies due to its speed and
agility. Who can forget the mighty
modded MGB and the happy little Yellow
Austin Healey Bug Eye Sprite. Adding
extra British flair to the event were the
luxurious RR Corniches, a Drop Head
and a Fixed Head. The Landy Series 2
with Military Police livery was a beautiful
sight. With plenty of modern machines
like Ford Focus RS, Civic Type R, Toyota
86’s, Skyline’s, and a wholes host of
others, it made for a wonderful morning.
The usual suspects were ’39 Ford 4 door
Saloon, little Austin 7, Citroen Traction
Avant, Rover 3500, Chevrolet Sloper.
Lastly one of my personal favourites
were the pair of Porsche Turbo’s. The ’78
930 Kremer Turbo being an extremely
rare and capable boost machine had
good company with the grandson in the
997 Twin Turbo, a vehicle which some
simple mods capable to doing sub 4
second 0-100 sprints. To view all the ve-
hicles, please visit our facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/
carsandcoffeegoldcoast
Photos and story Sohan
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We were invited to display cars from each decade to assist the Burleigh Heads
State School celebrate their Centenary today.
It was a terrible day as the rain bucketed down but we even had a 1915 Saxon in
attendance.
Members car Peter Amey
1954 Citroen Light 15
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Events 2017
Sunday May 21 2017-Show and Shine Coolibah Downs Private Estate 41 Mt Nathan Road Nerang is where Classic Cars from all vintages, makes and models will compete to be the Best of the Best at our Show and Shine. Again, celebrating the regions best cars from all car shows in the region and those from interstate. This event is fast earning the crown as a must attend event on a car lovers bucket lists. Music, Fashion Pa-rades, Billy Cart Sprint Racing and Chinese Culture and much more will be on display from 10 am until the 2 p.m. presentations on the beautiful Coolibah Downs Private Estate on Mt. Nathan Road Nerang. FREE for families to view
28 May, 2017, Mac's Bridge at Belmont -
Mac's Bridge is a major sports and classic car festival in Queensland. This will
be the second year at Queensland Rifle Association Belmont Range, 1485 Old Cleveland
Road . http://www.macleansbridge.com/
2nd—4th June 2017, Wintersun 2.0 Murwillumbah Showgrounds
(details Facebook)
4th June 2017 BEAUDESERT SWAP MEET -
Beaudesert Racecourse, Boonah Road , Beaudesert QLD 4285
One of Australia's best single day swap meets ,Phone: 0414 066 121
4th -11th June 2017
Cooly Rocks On. http://www.coolyrockson.com/
17th June 2017, MEGA SWAP MEET SHOW & SHINE - CABOOLTURE
REGIONAL CAR CLUB, Caboolture Showgrounds, Beerburrum Rd, Caboolture
23rd July 2017 Original Gold Coast Swap (our swap) Mudgeeraba
Showgrounds
29th—30th July 2017 South Coast Restoration Society annual rally
27th August 2017 2nd Annual Swap meet at Yatala Drive In organised by
Kustoms Gold Coast
!0th September Qld Mini Muster, BMC Round-up and swap Carina State School
17th September 2017 All British Day
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March mid-week run
Photos
Peter aJ
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Roosevelt's Limo HERE IS A BIT OF HISTORY I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW... Hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his Day of Infamy speech to Congress, and although the trip from the White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents weren't sure how to
transport him safely. At the time, Federal Law prohibited buying any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that. One of the Secret Service members, however, discovered that the US Treasury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running perfectly and had it ready for the President the next day. Al Capone's 1928 Cadillac V-8 "Al Capone" Town Sedan became the President's Limo in December 1941. Mechanics are said to have cleaned and checked each feature of the Caddy well into the night, to make sure that it would run properly the next day for the Commander in Chief. And run properly it did. It had been painted black and green to look identical to Chicago's police cars at the time. To top it off, the
gangster's 1928 Cadillac Town Sedan had 3,000 pounds of armour and inch-thick bulletproof windows. It also had a specially installed siren and flashing lights hidden behind the grille, along with a police scanner radio. Footnote: The car sold at auction in 2012 for $341,000.00
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Making cars in Australia
One Company’s History
Through the period of time that the
company operated in Australia (1950-
1983), the name of the company
changed many times as a result of
mergers in the UK. The Victoria Park
Zetland/ Waterloo site was purchased in
1946 by Viscount Nuffield personally and
was later sold to the Nuffield
Organisation. Nuffield (Australia) Pty.
Ltd. was formed in March 1950 and was
owned by the Nuffield Organisation.
Nuffield vehicle marques were M.G.,
Morris, Riley and Wolseley. The British
Motor Corporation Ltd. in UK was
formed as a result of the merger of the
Austin Motor Company and the Nuffield
Organisation in 1952.
The British Motor Corporation
(Australia) Pty. Ltd. was formed in 1954
and was composed of:
The Austin Motor Company
(Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Nuffield (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Fisher & Ludlow (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
The BMC vehicle marques, in addition to
the Nuffield marques, were Austin, and
Austin Healey.
British Motor Holdings Ltd. was formed
by the merger of BMC and Jaguar Cars
Ltd. in the UK in 1966. BMH was not
established in Australia, but BMC-A took
on distribution, sales and support for
Jaguar Cars Ltd. As a result, BMC-A
added Daimler and Jaguar to its vehicle
marques.
The British Leyland Motor Corporation of
Australia Pty Limited was formed in
1968 after the merger of BMC and
Leyland Motor Corporation in UK and
consisted of four divisions:
Austin Morris Division
Specialist Car Division
Truck and Bus Division
Parts and Accessories Division
This merger added Land Rover, Rover
and Triumph to the BMC vehicle
marques. The Leyland Motor
Corporation of Australia Ltd., commonly
referred to as Leyland Australia, was
formed in 1971. Leyland Australia was
formed as a result of a name change
from BLMC to British Leyland Ltd. in UK.
In Australia, at this time, the vehicle
marque names Morris and Austin were
replaced with the marque Leyland. The
BMC marque, used for commercials and
Moke was also dropped. Australia was
the only country to introduce the Leyland
marque for passenger vehicles - except
for vehicles exported to New Zealand.
Leyland Australia ceased trading in
March 1983.
http://www.bmclaheritage.org.au/
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Austins Over Australia This bi-annual event was held on the scenic rim based around Ipswich Qld. and coincided with the Austin Se7en rally held the week before. This year the event was organised by the Austin MVC Qld and attracted over 150 Austin vehicles ranging from pre-WW1 models up to the latest models sold in Australia. As this event is held every two years and in a different venue, Austin owners travelled from as far away as South Australia and Victoria. The next AOA will be held in September 2019 in the Barossa Valley in SA and we hope to make it. When we purchase our Landcrab in
1973 it was a trip to SA was the first trip
we made in the car, a small amount of
work and maybe she we make it again
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Pictures and text Peter aJ
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April Cars & Coffee
It certainly seems that Cars & Coffee Gold Coast is growing. We had another wonderful turnout even though we were a little sceptical with it being the Easter Weekend, but as the saying goes, it attracted beautiful cars like bees to honey or so I am led to believe. Lexus Southport so graciously showcased their latest powerhouse a Lexus RCF. The RCF being a modified extra horse power vehicle meant to take on the mighty German AMG’s and M Power vehicles. This particular RCF was displayed for the 1st time on the Gold Coast at this meet. We were quite fortunate in this respect. Anyway, I am certain that what really attracted the punters and is of interest to the majority of us are the Classics, and boy did we have a treat. A very large smattering of American muscle being represented by the beautiful Ford Galaxy Convertible of our very own Terry Gearing, it was just sublime. A coupe version in Black and Grey was also present. A whole host of Mustangs were present, but the one which really drew attention to itself was the ‘65 with upgraded everything and now sporting side exhausts. My personal favourite was the Aqua Thunderbird Convertible, it was in showroom condition and a real testament to its owners care. Several highly modified Holden Commodores and UTE’s added a little Aussie charm. They were growling beasts and nothing of their former placid self was evident. Who can forget the Swedish contingent with their Volvo’s. A thoroughly rusted,
noisy and I’m sure several bearings loose 244 had some red neck charm about it. Parked right across it was the mighty Honda NSX and the Royal Enfield bike. Always a pleasure to see these on the road. A very sinister Chevy Truck in all black wore the appropriate rego plate VILN, with its shiny Chrome very nicely adding a bit of colour. Beside it was the mighty Escort Panel Van and the size difference couldn’t be farther apart. The Car of the Meet went to the immaculate Porsche 356 Speedster. It arrived late but was a genuine crowd pleaser. Lots of people flocked over to it and were regaled in stories by its owner. A truly well deserved winner. Honourable mentions were the Orange ’72 Pontiac Firebird, Mazda RX 3 in all its rotary glory, lovely baby Austin, regal RR Cloud III, Chevy UTE, Aston Martin DB7 and Rover. To view all the vehicles, please visit our facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeegoldcoast
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Photos and story by
Sohan J Parekh
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Know your car
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Supper Roster 2017-2018
Pam needs members to
arrange suppers for our monthly
meeting, if you are able to help please
contact her on
0400 278 807
Club Merchandise
Club Shirts $15:00, Club Jackets $25:00, Bumper Badges
$20:00
Window Stickers $1:00
Contact Graham Tattersall on 5554 5659 or see him at a
meeting to purchase any of these items
Wanted members to help with supper
please contact Pam if you can help
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**** For Sale,
1981 Rover SD1 3.5L V8, very good mechanical condition,
nice looking car. Wheels recently powder-coated, brand-new
tyres, new radio with blue-tooth. Nice exhaust note. $10,000
ONO Call Col 0419 825 913
*** For Sale,
1997 Ford Fairlane Ghia Sedan. Immaculate luxury car. Low mileage of 112,000
kms. No rust. Always garaged. New back shock absorbers, new air conditioning
compressor, new power steering pump, all replaced very recently. NSW
registration until 21 August, 2017.
Reluctant sale, but I can't drive all the cars Jim accumulated $7,250.
Contact Margaret Hession (07) 55241338 or 0409 241338
** For Sale,
1976 ROVER P6 V8 Saloon , Good condition , blue - $6500 or near offer, John
Woods’ car being sold due to health reasons .
Please call John’s daughter Rachael - 0412 755220
** For Sale,
Twin car horns, suit British classic car, working,$50
Contact Peter aJ on 0413379410
** For Sale
Towbar to fit a 2000 Mazda 3, any reasonable offer accepted, phone Nancy
Waugh 5535 8249
* Wanted
Your stories, restoration tips, members car articles, anything that may be of interest
to members
Email the Editor in word to [email protected]
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