Rover Car Club

Of Otago Tribune June 2013

2013

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF

THE ROVER CAR CLUB OF OTAGO

Web Site: www.trccoo.freeservers.com

Club Contacts

2012 / 2013

Club President Jeff Sparrow Ph (027) 279 5423 E-mail jeffrey.sparrow@gmail.com

Secretary John Moore Ph (03) 473 7942

E-mail j_moore@clear.net.nz

Treasurer Bernie Halford Ph (03) 487 6870 E-mail bshalford@xtra.co.nz

Newsletter Editor Ray Pilley Ph (03) 489 0033

E-mail rover110@windowslive.com

Committee Bruce Millar (Southland Rep.) Joe Smith (South Otago Rep) Diana Kearns (Librarian)

Life Member Norman Sparrow

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 2013 - 2014

July Tuesday the 2nd of July. Monthly meeting, Mosgiel RSA.

Saturday the 20th of July. 2013 Rover Car Club of Otago AGM and dinner. 6.30pm at the Mosgiel RSA Community Club, 6 Church St, Mosgiel.

See pages 9 and 10 of this newsletter for the agenda and nomination form

August Friday the 2nd - Sunday the 4th of August. North Otago VCC Pre ‘39 Run.

Tuesday the 6th of August. Monthly meeting, Mosgiel RSA

September Tuesday the 3rd of September. Monthly meeting, venue TBA

Friday the 13th - Sunday the 15th of September. Dunkleys Great NZ Craft Show, Edgar Centre, Dunedin

October Tuesday the 1st of October. Monthly meeting, venue TBA.

Saturday the 5th - Sunday the 6th of October. Dunedin Gasworks 150 Festival. Dunedin Gasworks Museum, 20 Braemar St, Dunedin.

Friday the 11th - Sunday the 13th of October. McLeans Island Swop Meet, Christchurch. Saturday the 19th of October. Dunedin Auto-spectacular. Edgar Centre, Dunedin.

Saturday the 26th - Sunday the 27th of October. MoPars in Ashburton 2013. Chrysler Enthusiasts Rally

November Saturday the 2nd of November. Otago VCC Taieri Tour.

Saturday the 2nd - Sunday the 3rd of November. 2013 Nove Rove. See page 6 of the March newsletter for full details.

Tuesday the 5th of November. Monthly meeting, venue TBA Friday the 8th - Sunday the 10th of November.

Australian GT Championship racing at Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell

December Tuesday the 3rd of December. Monthly meeting, venue TBA

January 2014 No meeting in January

Monthly meetings 1st Tuesday each month.

Mosgiel RSA at 7.00pm.

Drinks & Natter

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Parts for Sale P4 oil filters - $15 each. Contact Bay of Plenty Rover Club – 07 577 9104. Replica stickers, under bonnet labels printed to order on self adhesive vinyl. Also aluminium types. Any marque, no set up fees. Contact Barry Clark, artworx@clear.net.nz SD1 parts, Gareth Clark, 021 171 8698 see www.sd1travelledspares.info. SD1 parts, breaking 1983 SE. Contact Bob Parnwell 07 544 4144, Bay of Plenty. Rover Hubcaps for 216, 400, 600 and 800 models. Limited stock available. $9.00 each including GST. Contact Cashel Car Sales Christchurch 03 366 8425 or cashel.rover@xtra.co.nz __________________________________________________________________

Nove Rove 2013 2nd & 3rd November Plans are still the same as advertised in the March issue of our Otago Tribune, and the April issue (I think) for Canterbury. I am pleased with the registrations to date. We have 10 from the Otago Club and 4 from Canterbury Club, so another great weekend is in the making. I know there are others that are talking about coming and I can only urge those people to book their accommodation early and register your intention with me. It will be much easer to cancel later than to find accommodation at last minute. I will be unavailable from mid July till early September, so it would be helpful to have registrations in before I leave. There are some things that I can’t confirm till closer to the weekend, but don't expect any changes. Bernie Halford. e-mail bshalford@xtra.co.nz phone 03 4876 870.

From The Editor…

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2013 Rover Car Club of Otago AGM and Dinner See pages 9 and 10 of this newsletter for details on this years AGM. We have a separate room set aside at the venue with plenty of off street parking. Please let Ray Pilley know by the 13th of July if you are going to attend so we can confirm numbers with the Caterers.

Nominations for Club Officers We need nominations for Secretary, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor as John, Bernie and Ray intend to step down from their positions. Please have a think about whether you or another club member would be keen to fill these roles. We have struggled to fill positions in the past so please consider which position you may be able to fill. It’s not hard work and the incumbents will provide any training and support needed to the new position holders. Clubs like ours survive because people volunteer a little of their time each month to help the club. Maybe more than one person can share a position? As the old saying goes. “Many hands make light work”.

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ROVER CAR CLUB OF OTAGO Minutes of club meeting held on 4th June 2013 at the Mosgiel RSA Community Club at

7pm.

PRESENT. Ross Allan, Ian and Eleanore Clark, Bernie Halford, Ray Pilley, Joe and Glenice Smith, Norman Sparrow, Kevin Philips, John Leslie, Peter Smith APOLOGIES. Bill and Gaynor Falconer, Jan Smith, Diana Kearns, John Moore, Jeff Sparrow, Alastair McInness

CORRESPONDENCE. Newsletters from the Canterbury, Wellington, Waikato and Canada Clubs.

MEETING VENUE. Mosgiel RSA Manager Alan Muir joined the meeting to wel-come us to their venue and answer any questions we had. We confirmed the date and time for our AGM and dinner with Alan, which is to be on Saturday the 20th of July at 6.30pm with dinner at 7pm.

NOVE ROVE. Bernie said that 8 members of our club had so far registered for this years Nove Rove and 4 people from other clubs were keen to join us for this annual event. It’s not too late to register your intention to attend. Contact Bernie on (03) 487 6870. Full details on the Nove Rove are in the March newsletter. GENERAL. An informative report on the recent Timaru All British Day was given by Ian, Eleanore and Norman. 119 cars attended the 70km rally with the lunch break at Pleasant Point where a steam train was on display. There was also a Model T rail car there, said to be the only one in the world. This vehicle can hold 12 people. There was a custard square eating competition which raised $300. As usual there were many prizes given out at the end of the rally and $1200 in total was raised on the day.

CLOSURE The meeting closed at 8.20pm.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday the 2nd of July at the Mosgiel RSA

Community Club at 7pm.

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DAY AND VENUE.

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Cars for Sale 1934 Rover Meteor, needs a lot of work, the owner is open to offers. Ph Steve at 07 577 9104 Tauranga 1946 Rover 16 , complete car partly dismantled, on wheels and running, all panel work done except sills, needs reassembling and painting, also needs new sun-roof, upholstery is there but needs replacing, good tyres but now quite old, chrome ok some may need buffing or re-doing. The rego is dead, needs a good keen man to finish this classic off, I've lost inter-est and the will to continue with this project, have too many projects and to little time. $2000.00 firm. Call Dennis 0212079544 or email firedupnaway@windowslive.com 1947 Rover 75, complete car fully disassembled, has been dipper striped and primed in Rotorua a few years ago, needs some panel work doing, has no origi-nal motor, a P4 goes with it, Its rego on hold. It’s a major rebuild for a real enthu-siast, crossply tyres ok but again quite old, upholstery again will need re-doing as well. Call Dennis 0212079544 or email firedupnaway@windowslive.com Hamilton. 1955 Rover 90 in original condition. It has 72,000 miles on the clock. Over all condition is reasonable for its age. The gear box is great condition as is the dif-ferential, motor runs well and is reliable. No trouble getting a WOF. I have owned for about six years. The Rover has recently been shod with a new set of radial tyres. Price $2500 or near offer. Contact Graeme Jamieson on 03 578 0679 Cell Phone 027 641 9245, located in Blenheim.

1985 Vanden Plas 3500 for sale. Blue 117,000 miles Tidy car, no rust, good mo-tor and box, new WOF and 3months reg $3500.00. Paint not too flash, but pre-sentable, Hood lining coming down will price to fix before sale. Any interested parties send my way for photos. Phone Gavin Hill 03 5487044 or gavin.hill@clear.net.nz . Nelson

Parts Wanted P4 100 Rolling chassis, doesn’t have to have a motor or gearbox, but needs to be in pretty good nick. Contact Ethan Wooldridge unclepodgy@gmail.com or 027 748 8552. 1 7/8ths towball for 1997 Land Rover discovery factory towbar – contact Nick Marshall 04 970 6427

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1895 Benz “Velo Comfortable”

This vehicle is New Zealand’s oldest surviving car. It was imported by Nicholas Oates of Christchurch. It has a single horizontal cylinder engine with 2 speed drive by belt pulleys with chain final drive. Its mechanically operated inlet valve was an outstanding feature for its time. This German made car is on display at the Southward Car Museum in Paraparaumu. www.southwardcarmuseum.co.nz

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Ignition: June 2013.

Hi all, I’m back from my UK trip. While away I visited a number of London tourist spots and caught up with rela-tions. I took photos of all the Rovers I spotted, some I had not seen before. When I left I was dropped off by Norman in his red P6V8. My luggage was checked in all the way to Heathrow. That made travelling a lot easier. 1st flight DUNEDIN – CHRISTCHURCH 1hour. Starting 10:05 then I had a 4hr 50min break. 2nd flight CHRISTCHURCH – SYDNEY 3hrs. Then a short break in the transit lounge. 3rd flight SYDNEY – BANKOK 9hrs. I was able to stay on the plane. 4th flight BANKOK – DUBAI 6hrs. Then a short break in the transit lounge. 5th flight DUBAI – HEATHROW 7hrs 30mins. That makes 26hrs 30mins travelling plus some stop over time arriving at 12:15 UK time on Tues the 14th. I was not able to get much sleep on the way so I was tired on arrival. Lucky for me I had a relation arrive fairly soon after I had passed through cus-toms. Then it was off by tube and later by car to my hotel. THEN SLEEP. I had similar flights on my way back, except direct from DUBAI – SYDNEY. Travelling time was about the same. I’m just about coming right after 3 days. I hope the new venue for the meeting proved successful and soon it will be time for our AGM. I will be standing for President again but understand that Ray, John and Bernie wish to stand down. Please put on your thinking caps and work out who to nominate for their positions. I will make up a series of pages of photo taken for the mag and website. See you at next meeting. Drive safe out there. President Jeff.

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Old Car

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The Rover Club of Auckland has had these key rings made for 2013 which is the

50th anniversary of the P6 Rover.

They are leather with gold coloured ring and badge.

They are for sale at $12 plus P&P (which is $2 in NZ).

They will do a special price for P&P for bulk or overseas orders.

They can be ordered by:

1. Sending a cheque to The Auckland Rover Car Club

PO Box 23401, Manukau

Auckland 2155

2. Ringing George Ratcliffe on 09-636 9259

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Trivia...

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The Rover Car Club of Otago

Notice of Annual General Meeting

To be held on Saturday 20th of July 2013 at 6.30pm, followed by dinner at 7pm.

Venue is the Mosgiel RSA Community Club, 6 Church Street, M

osgiel.

AGENDA

Apologies.

Introduction of new members present.

Presentation of the minutes of the 2012 AGM.

President's Report.

Treasurer's Report.

Election of Club Officers and Committee members.

General Business.

General business will include any m

atters

that m

embers may wish to raise at the time.

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The Rover Car Club of Otago.

Nomination Form.

Position

Incumbents

Person Nominated Nominated by Seconded by

President. J Sparrow. (standing again) _____________________________________________________

Secretary. J Moore. (not standing again)_ __________________________________________________

Treasurer. B Halford. (not standing again) __________________________________________________

New

sletter Editor. R Pilley (not standing again) ____________________________________________________

Name:

Date:___________________________

Please check that the person nominated is willing to accept the position.

Please have postal and email nominations to the Secretary by Wednesday the 17th of July.

If you are attending the AGM, nominations can be handed in at the meeting..