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The Magazine of the Constructors Car Club (Inc)
http://www.constructorscarclub.org.nz
On the Cover:
East Cape Tour
see page 2
The Magazine of the
Constructors Car Club Inc
April 2002
Issue 3 Volume 15
Club Officials
Barnicol Engineering
for all mechanical engineering
172 Eastern HuH Road
Ph 5676 652
(opposite Taita Station)
Brake & Chassis Specialists
Custom-made Radiators & Repairs
Custom Part Manufacturers
Alloy & Steel Welding
Drive Shaft Balancing
Exhausts
Steering Systems
Engine & Gearbox Conversions
all other Engineering Work
President:
In This Issue
Jon Loar
Secretary and Captain:
Dave Clout
Treasurer:
Steve Strain
Club Meetings
The Constructors Car Club Inc meets at
7.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month
at The Vintage Car Club, 3 Halford Place,
Petone (Eastern end of Jackson Street).
Prospective members or others interested in
building their own cars are welcome to attend.
(The club does request a donation of $2
towards running the meeting.) Meetings
generally include a guest speaker or
demonstration followed by general discussion
and supper.
The Club Magazine "Spare Parts" is produced
monthly from February to December each
year. Contributions and advertisements are
welcomed. Contact the Editor on Phone
(04) 4796370.
Editor
Ron Stroud
Phone: (04) 479 6370
e-mail:
rstroud@beca.co.nz
Opinions expressed in this
magazine are not
necessarily those of the
Constructors Car Club
(Inc).
Coming Events .................................................
Meeting Minutes March 2002 .........................
Club Captain's Column .................................. .
President's Report .......................................... ..
Threadbare - moving on ................................. .
Ramblings of a Single-minded Barstool ........ .
"How about this one? .................................... ..
Reflections and Projections ............................ .
New Members ................................................. ..
Kumeu HotRod and Classic Car Show .......... .
"What's in a Name? ....................................... ..
What's on in Motorsport ................................ ..
Number Plate and Window Stickers ............... .
"T"for Two .................................................... .
Quiz Cars .................................................... .
Waikato Wanderings ....................................... .
CCC East Cape Tour 2002 ............................. ..
Report on Tironui Farm Event ....................... .
Annual Accounts and Finances ..................... .
Invitation to Breakfast ................................... ..
"What's the Dij]? ............................................ .
President' Cup Points ..................................... .
Who's Who ................................................... ..
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Meeting Minutes 12 March 2002
Coming Events
Tues 9 April - Club Night
A big night tonight. Doctor Philip Wong will be
our speaker. Our car will be the Doctor's Honda
2000, a car that despite its tremendous
reputation we see little of on our roads. Plus
from the same organization, another rare
Honda, Dave Frow's Honda XX1100 Blackbird
motorcycle. All this plus its our annual general
meeting night. Remember its your club so if you
fancy some say in how its run put your hand up
tonight.
Sun 14 April- Event
A real fun day. A Dave Clout organised event.
The annual grass gymkhana at Trentham
Memorial Park. It gets more popular every year
so don't miss this one. More details on page 7.
now - Sunday 19 May 2002.
Tues 11 June - Club Night
An unusual night. John Wilson, a very early club
member who recently returned to the Hutt area,
has organised a film-slide-video (I'm not sure
which) show covering New Zealand home built
cars. It sounds intriguing, and knowing John, it
will be good. A 'must be there' night.
A few Requests
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Tues 14 May - Club Night
Club member Bede Harris will be our speaker
and will be bringing along his very special Saker
SVIR. This machine was built especially for
racing and it's sure to cause a lot of interest.
Sun 19 May - Event
Always popular and justifiably so as our Club
Captain always puts a lot of effort into its
organisation. A Dave Clout garage tour. You will
get more info next month, but book your date
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Please wear name badges. These days there
is a lot of us at club nights, over 70 at the last
meeting, and nobody can know everyone, so
help. Wear your name badge.
You have moved? Give Patrick your new
address.
You have changed telephone numbers at
home or at work? Tell Patrick
Next Committee Meeting
Tuesday 16 April 7.30 pm
John Loar's home
16 Manuka Street
Stokes Valley
Lower Hutt
Apologies:
Motoring News - Wellington Car Club March
issue, 2002.
American Iron - Early American Car Club March
issue, 2002.
Grant Major, Ian Macrae, Alex McDonald, Jack
Hadley, Barry Dawe, and Dave Frost.
Outgoing Correspondence:
President: Jon Loar
Secretary: Dave Clout
Visitors:
Andrew Moynagh - brought his 'beast' along,
ended up as the guest vehicle.
Andrew Weeks - just back from Australia, has
owned a Morgan previously.
Tony Petral - Has a Chevron, which needs lots
ofTLC.
Judy & Glenn Murray - Looking at building a "7"
(and Glenn/Judy have joined).
David Ben ........ (he was going to help me with
the spelling after the meeting but he must has
been overwhelmed by all our friendly members
and forgot). I caught something about a turbo
charged car.
Alex Benwich - I think he said he wants to build
an amphibious car.
Out of Towners:
Garth Stevenson - how does this man do it,
regularly comes down from Wanganui for our
meetings.
Patrick's usual replies to new member enquiries.
Email Upper Hutt City Council requesting
Trentham Memorial Park Sunday 14 April.
Permit application to MSNZ area steward for
Sunday 14 April.
Past Events:
March 2 - 6 East Cape Tour. Rob West was
daubed in to give a brief (blimey, I thought it
would never end) report. And very informative
it was too, so interesting I forgot to take notes,
but I'm sure there will be a report in the next
magazine. Everyone had a good time. Special
thanks to Alan Stott for all his work in organising others help and putting it all together. Members from districts passed through all helped
also.
Coming Events:
Sunday March 17 - Tironui Farm, Steve Strain
gave us the details. Don't forget Daylight Saving starts this day.
Previous Minutes:
The minutes are in the magazine _ taken as
read. Accepted.
Sunday 14 April - Motorkhana, Trentham Memorial Park - to be confirmed (and it has been
now).
Treasurers Report:
Front Cover (Clockwise from the top)
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Pam Stott, Lyn and Darryl Cooley
2.
Real Horse Power in Real New Zealand
3.
Holly Bell, Geoff Bell's travelling partner
4.
Megan and John Loar, Ken Rogers, Mike and Heather Bovin
5.
Sam Lyle
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Dave Nation
Steve had nothing to report. Business as usual.
The club is slightly ahead of budget. There are
now 171 members.
Inward Correspondence:
NZ Post - Invoice for PO Box
1 new member application - who is impofting a
very interesting kit car from the Stateswhich
no doubt Ron will want an article on. Run and
hide John.
Intermarque Sprint dates from The Surgery (printed in the Captain's column).
Periodicals:
NZ Petrol head Vol. 5, No.2 February 18, 2002
Sports Car Talk - magazine of the Sports Car
Club of NZ, March 2002.
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Sunday 19 May, Garage tour, Club Captain to
organise. Volunteer your garage now.
Committee Business:
Normal business of running club.
Some of Car Show committee attended and
gave a progress report to date.
Dave Beazer has offered to take over as Advertising Manager as Craig is off to Australia
for a while.
Positioning of front registration plates was discussed. This 'curly' little problem has been forwarded to the technical committee to look into.
Patrick wanted to negotiate his budget early. Ask
members to bring in any old unwanted club
magazines in un-folded condition to pass onto
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Guest Speaker:
possible new members.
Spare Parts (Magazine):
Ron had nothing much to report except
that he would be away for a month and
so he had asked Alan Stott to step back
in as editor for the next magazine. Ron
asked for more articles to be forthcoming.
Mystery Car:
Dauphine Disaster - Bernard Wright
Simca - John Cumming
Technical Committee:
Committee met on Monday 25 February.
Tim reported that they had discussed build
manual improvements.
It was also decided that Roy and Tim would give
a brief talk on the consequences of mixing brake
components. This was duly done on the night.
The advice was given - don't mix components
from different cars or makes unless you know
what you are dOing. If in doubt - ask.
Technical Questions:
Questions started flying ..... guess it got so
hectic I forgot to take notes (the job of secretary comes up next month at the AGM, any takers?).
I did catch something about proportioning
valves. They are allowed but must be set up so
you can still pass the brake failure test that Roy
conducts.
Brian Worboys with the Dipstick Award
Cup for his exploits in the grass motorkhana.
MSNZ Report:
Secretary received a phone call Tuesday 5
March from member Bob Needham. Bob had
attended the recently reported meeting organised by the Club Targa NZ in Auckland. It was
organised to discuss recommendations on how
to address the problems that clubs attending,
and others, have been experiencing with
MotorSport NZ. He will be writing something to
the club to tell us his impressions and how he
suggests we as a club might help the cause.
Read more on page 39 of the March issue of
NZ Classic Car magazine.
John Cumming also gave us notification of the
MSNZ Annual General Council Meeting (AGCM)
to be held in Wellington in May. John read out
Buy, Sell or Swap:
These are now recorded in a separate article of some of the proposed remits from Club Targa.
their own in the magazine, but read out at the This is not just one club wanting to change things
meeting if required. [Remember-hand or send but a sizeable group.
typed, printed, emailed etc details to the secre- It was decided to let the committee decide on
tary, or Editor either before or after the meeting any action after John had received replies to
his email sent out on the remits since the genor it won't get forwarded to the magazine]
eral feeling of the meeting was that most memGeneral Business:
bers were not sufficiently aware of the issues
Car Show report - Darryl gave a brief report. involved.
There are now two main sponsors. They are
currently finalising commercial sites.
Shop:
Brian Worboys was finally presented with his
Dip Stick award and proceeded to entertain us
with his wit once again - a truly worthy recipient. Brian was also presented with the Costin
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Brian gave us a summary of his stock and that
now included some of the famous rivets but
only one size currently. He expects to have a
wider selection next month.
Graham Brown was to be our guest speaker
and vehicle but as usual the best laid plans ...
.. Graham's car developed distributor problems
a few days before the meeting and then on the
night he got called away to an emergency by
the Coast Guard just after the meeting got
started - bummer. Graham assures me that he
will return and present the car and the talk.
It was left to a visitor Andrew Moynagh to help
out as he gave a talk on the car which he had
driven along that night. The other speaker was
committee member Ken Rogers who spoke
about his radio controlled models he had
brought along.
Not to be outdone, Ross Bridson gave a quick
comment on the guards that he has made for
his Morgan replica and brought along to display.
Guest Vehicle:
Andrew gave us a brief talk on his Turner kit car
from the Midlands in England. Jack Turner built
these kits with the originals being based on the
Austin A35 and then the Austin Healey Sprite
with it's 1197cc motor and a Midget gearbox.
750 cars were built in total. Andrew's is of 1960's
vintage. It has modified Midget suspension and
a Coventry Climax motor of 1197cc, rated at
75bhp standard at 7200rpm, or 84bhp with stage
1 modifications or currently today up to 100bhp
with stage 3 mods. Turner's kits were one of
the first cars to use a fibreglass body. Andrew
commented that motor parts are not a problem
with all parts being available from England - at
a price. The photo's I took do not do the nose
shape justice, it really was a stylish job.
Right: Andrew Moynagh:S lovely little
Turner on display
Ken has been my backup for months with his
models but I finally got him to bring a couple
along from his extensive collection of "toys". One
was the steam powered boat which requires annual certification if he is going to use it out in
public because (as George informed us later)
even a small boiler can make a big mess if it
ruptures. This model took Ken 4 years to make
and the detail shows where the time went, so I
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hope my photo's can show
this. Ken's other model was
the twin electric powered replica of a Coast Guard rescue
boat. The Coast Guard were
very helpful in providing full
detailed drawings.
Final Ankle Biter's Club Captain Column
I guess I should start this month by reminding
you all that our Grass Motorkhana is only a few
days away now. Keep Sunday 14 April free.
Meet at the Trentham Memorial Park, Upper
Hutt at 10.15am for a 10.30am start. If you don't
know how to find the usual spot - entry is off
either Barton Road or Barton Ave from
Fergusson Drive. When you get to the Upper
Hutt Axeman's Clubrooms, look across to the
trees on your right (east) and you will see us
there. Drive to the end of the gravel road towards
the river before following the gravel road back
around towards where we will be. Please do not
"race" across the grass area. Any problems call
me, 0272240933 on the day or (04) 477 4356
before the event. Please be on time as it makes
filling in entry forms and collecting of the
participation fees easier. Yes, sorry the MSNZ
want their cut - currently $4.50 but Derrick may
propose that we use some of our LWTA funds
for 'driver training'. Bring your own lunch and
refreshments, but no alcohol for drivers
participating.
Raffle:
Number: 22, Won by Richard
Kelly
Right:
Ken Rogers' Model Boats
on display
For Sale:
Subaru 5 speed transaxle from a USA spec
1.8 turbo coupe front
wheel drive.
Ph Doug Watt (04) 972
1319
Wanted:
Audi 5 speed transaxle from either a 2.2
GT coupe or 2.3 Audi
90.
Ph Doug Watt (04) 972
1319
For Sale
Special built on Morris 8E chassis. Viva running gear, Recon. Triumph Herald engine.
Reg. on hold. Aluminium body. $1000 ono. Call Bill Munro (04) 5636342 See photos.
I went in on the web today and checked out
Alex McDonald's latest project - the Tish low
cost 'Club Car'. Any members contemplating a
7 style car should check out Alex's option. Can't
remember the site address as I went in via our
club address. How many of you have checked
it out lately?
I have to admit to having made no progress on
my '34 project, but the old V8 Ute is eating into
some of my spare time. Old dungers have a
way of needing constant attention. I've ordered
an electronic distributor for it at not much more
than the cost of buying a contactless electronic
ignition conversion kit so will be interested to
Note, you do not need a 'club car' to enter, bring see if it can help improve the lousy fuel
the family hack along if you wish. The day consumption. Next the Holley 600 4 barrel carb
normally ends when we have had enough, will go on when I can find time .... damn, the
usually about 3.30pm. This is supposed to be a kart motor is due for a re-build about now also.
fun day and most members do not take it too ... and it also needs new tyres .... oh well,
seriously. If you aren't having fun you aren't keep on with those projects.
doing it right.
Cheers, The Ankle Biter.
The Garage Tour - keep Sunday 19 May free
for this event. Contact either myself or the new
Club Captain for further details or to volunteer
your garage/project for the tour.
Regular readers of the NZ Classic Car magazine
will have noticed that member Bob Ne~dham
has managed to get them to do an article on his
'Stinger' single seater race car proto type. Check
out the April issue. Well done Bob. Good article
and clear photos. Bob wrote a comprehensive
article about his project for the March issue of
our magazine. I still prefer the F5000 McRae
though, that is one awesome looking car, takes
me back to my younger days at Ruapuna and
Wigram.
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Other members might also recognise the
'Unidentified Exotic' on the last page of the
magazine. It is an Escartus powered by a P76
Rover V8. We had one in the club rooms once
and it turned up to a skite night again recently.
The one in the magazine certainly looks much
tidier than the one we saw. I suppose by now
someone has contacted them with some more
info on its background as requested.
For Sale
Almac TG part built.
All parts necessary to finish.
Triumph Herald running gear.
$3500 ono.
Call Bill Munro (04) 563 6342
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Threadbare· moving on
PRESIDEtffS REPORI - ;.\PRll2.002.
A special thanks this month to Phil Bradshaw whether you wanted them or not! Not that this
for his series of articles on the Toyota 4AGE is a bad thing you understand. I've been caught
engines. I know that it is one of his favourite a few times when I thought that something was
subjects but it's really great when someone cut and dried only to hear two or three differing
make the effort to record all this hard won options that hadn't even popped into my head.
knowledge and then share it so freely. There So it's all to the good and teaches me to never
was a day when I could do something similar presume - well not too much anyway.
on Mini engines but the little grey cells seem to
Whilst musing to myself I have become
have hidden that bit of info in the hard to find
conscious of the fact that some times at club
area of the brain. C'est la vie!
night we do have to gloss over some items
With the AGM this month it means that I've been usually because of the time constraints of trying
EI Presidenti for a year. So I suppose I should to keep to an agenda. Sometimes it's a topic
put on my comfy slippers, grab a steaming cup that only a small number of members are
of Milo, find the old rocking chair and reminisce interested in and I can see the faces of the rest
a little bit over the past year in office. In many saying "for God's sake just get on with it". Now
ways little has changed, the membership I know that you can get together at the end of
continues to climb at a steady rate. There are the meeting and have your say then but it would
still plenty of events to attend, our three be nice if there was another way of keeping the
committees (general, tech and show) are ever discussion going. Maybe an internet discussion
busy in the background making things happen group would be the way to go but of course that
and ensuring the smooth running of the club. It excludes members who are not on the net and
would be foolish to try and single out a few those who only log on every couple of weeks.
individuals for special mention because there Has anyone got a good idea on how to address
are so many who put in so much effort to make this or am I just seeing a need that isn't there?
the club what it is. So I'll just say thank you to
Well, time to put away the cup and empty the
you all, your efforts are greatly appreciated.
pipe and drag myself off to bed. It's been an
I guess the biggest change has been for me. interesting year.
Being involved with the committee has meant
that I have got to know a lot of people fairly The part number on the head of my Mini was
quickly. I have come to appreciate what a mix 12G295 - Bugger - where did that come from?
of opinions and skills there are within the club, Jon.
both of which are offered (without malice) usually
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Easter weekend, time to do some real work on
this Almac TC I have accumulated with all its
various bits. I had done lots of prep work, like
getting a spare TG floor from Alex that he had
sitting on the half deck in the factory, a big thank
you to George and Allan for digging this out for
me, plus some chopped strand mat, resin and
catalyst from Alex. The decision is, not to use
the Herald chassis, so an e-mail to Patrick asking
him to e-mail all members (on e-mail that is!) to
see if there was any interest in said chassis was
sent out about a week ago. No response, so a
quick call to one Mike Boven, this Herald chassis,
I intend to get rid of it, is there anything you would
like off it? Anything that is not chassis comes
the reply.
Friday morning Mike turns up with a trailer in tow.
Several hours later the trailer has 4x 14inch steel
wheels (with just 3 tyres!), two Herald front
suspension towers complete with A arms,
springs and shocks, several back axles and other
associated Herald suspension bits and pieces
and I have a Herald chassis in several parts in
the back of the van, ready for a tip trip and some
spare metal plate, always useful. Thank you
Mike, on his birthday too, what a mate.
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Chrome stand alone headlights, the
genuine Lucas 'King of Darkness" brand
they are too!
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Patterns made from various materials,
wood, alloy TV Ariel tubing and bog from
memory, to mount the headlights on, to
be cast up in alloy or bronze (then
chromed).
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Several wiring harnesses
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Several steering columns
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An assortment of side/rear lights
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An assortment of instruments. That
reminds me, Murray had some Jaguar
instruments with the kit. I wonder what
happened to those?
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4 seats, overkill, I am sure there will only
be room for 2! Now which are the most
comfortable (style, I care not a whisker)
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3 Petrol filler caps, chrome spring loaded
types, two can be locked, but no keys.
One set of hood bows.
Windscreens, lightly tinted, hmm, wonder
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if that's legal? Wrong shape to really.
So I now have an Almac TC body that has been
Think about that one.
radically cut around the transmission tunnel and
firewall area to accommodate a Nissan motor
Do I fit the windscreen or go for fly screens, no
and gearbox while sitting on a herald chassis
wipers or washers to worry about!
and a floor pan from an Almac TG with a hole
also cut in the firewall! So what I have is:
moving on
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An Almac TC body with a floor and firewall
cut about.
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An Almac TG floor with the firewall/
transmission tunnel cut.
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A modified Almac chassis designated
DH002 with Triumph 2500 motor and
overdrive gearbox, this has a Hillman
Hunter rear axle and Vauxell Viva front
cross member. (Original Berry design to
replace Herald chassis for TCITG but
never put into production. Decision made
to use Gemini parts.)
moving on
Where to next? The body was trial fitted to the
chassis and where it touched, stopping it from
sitting right down, was marked out. I then used
an angle grinder with a cutting blade to relieve
the body at all the marked points until the body
sat down on the chassis.
I now had a further problem. The spring hangers
for the Hunter leaf springs are mounted on the
top of the chassis rails, right where the seat
needs to fit! So I removed the springs and took
them to Ingram's Engineering to get them
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shortened and flattened. I will then get new front
spring hangers welded to the end of the chassis
rail, removing the obstruction from the floor.
Next, cut out the whole of the floor area above
the rear axle and cut the same area from the
spare floor pan. Then glass this back into the
body, higher up, using other flat pieces to fill the
gap at the bottom. I now have a new 'back seat'
area, higher than before but all covered in to
accommodate the risers I had welded into the
chassis to clear the back axle and fit the shocks
on. Confusing I know, hopefully some photos
will help with the explanation, sometime!
Next, cut the transmission tunnel out of the spare
floor pan and ft this to the body. Looking good
but I will have to do some additional moulding
around the foot well area to give me sufficient
room to fit the pedal boxes for brake, I think I will
need that, and clutch, well yes, that too. I just
hope I then have room for that go-faster pedal!
100kmh in just 7.3 seconds, has a top speed of
240kph, yet you don't actually need to drive it
fast to get your thrills, just the sound of the V6
sends shivers up your spine. If you think Alfas
are temperamental tricky cars to handle, think
again. The pedals are light and perfectly
positioned (though I suspect someone with size
12 feet might not find them so ideal), steering is
precise yet alive. It's almost like a living thing to
drive, brilliantly easy yet somehow still involving"
This was followed by some remarks on the looks
with the line I love:
"It is impossible to park it and walk away without
looking back". I know just what she means.
The final paragraph is also worth repeating:
"Before you start to think that Alfa is paying me
to rave like this, I should point out that boot space
is limited (though a large lockable compartment
behind the seats helps) and securing the roof is
The only other work I have had to do on the tricky. Do I sound like I care? Utterly, utterly,
chassis is to remove the bar across the front, I utterly besotted".
just could not bend it enough to clear the inner Oh I wish I could write like that. Go on Jim; give
wing guards or remove enough glass from the Helen a chance on your show, then I might
body. I will have to make up a new crossbar that watch!
will drop down at the front to pick up the _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . ,
body mounting points just above where
The Ultimate Suitcase
the number plate fits. This will also carry
the radiator bottom mounts and form the
rear hangers for the front bumper.
The editor would like to be reminded of who
contributed this Bankok reported vehicle.
We have progress, watch this
space ........... .
Is the CCC project on this vehicle style still alive?
Did I see Jim's Car Show on TV this last
week,?
well I think that's what it was and Geoff
Bryant test-drove a new Subaru WRX
model I think, he loved it and they are
probably a nice car but the classic line
from Geoff was, and sorry, this is not
verbatim but close: "Just look at these
great drilled alloy covers on the foot
pedals, they really make the car feel
faster", end quote. It really is clever
intelligent reporting like this that makes
it a show to miss.
Compare with a road test of an Alfa
Romeo Spider by Helen Bain in
Saturdays Dominion: "It gets from 0 to
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RAMBLINGS OF A
SfNGlE-MASTED BARSTOOl
Write an article for the magazine? he asked. OK I said. That was
three weeks ago and still the mind is blank.
Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.. This has very little to do with
cars.
At the last Club night we were given an
interesting talk on model boats by Ken. That
many of us have other interests is obvious, and
for those interests to become a topic for a talk
on club nights, could be the way to get more
members 'out in front' and thence known to one
and all. My interests are many and varied. I am
a would be golfer. I have chased the white ball
in four different countries since I was fourteen
years old. I have also been involved in
modelmaking of some sort or another since age
eight or nine, and have covered subjects as
diverse as aeroplanes, boats, cars and railways.
I do unfortunately get bored very easily, and
have a shed full of projects in various stages of
commencement. Note, I did not use 'completion'
as this indicates a finished project. The only
'completed' project I can boast of is a large (1/4
scale) model aircraft that I am learning to fly by
radio control. The completion of this model was
helped no end by my tutor who gave wise
counselling and the threat of a boot, you know
where, if I did not get in the air. This only goes
to prove that coercion does work. I am enjoying
the lessons. Those of you who have "been there,
done that" will appreciate the satisfaction of
seeing something you have created doing what
you want it to, when you want it to. There is a
down side. I feel obliged, now that I am a 'flying'
member, to get out and mow the strip
occasionally.
In darker corners of my shed can be founa parts
of three 1/48 scale Denver and Rio Grande
Western locomotives. This was an aberration
that consumed me in the Seventies. Boredom
brought about by the repetitive nature of the
project was the catalyst for them remaining
'commencements'. Maybe, one day. I did
succeed in completing a 9mm-ft class "J"
locomotive for electric motive power. Each
driving wheel required five separate machining
operations, and there are eight of them. Yep,
boredom.
Model yacht racing was something else. It was
a whole lot of fun. Caused acres of sun and
windburn. Made a lot of friends and best of all
cost very little. I, with no knowledge of yachts
or yachting, was coerced into organising and
running a regatta one Easter. It worked so well
that I was voted in as the organiser of the regatta
for the following year. It worked again and I even
managed to compete this time. Came second
too. All this came to an end with the demise of
happy families. A period of hiatus followed.
Then came the cruncher. Build a real car. The
rest is history.
A bunch of us, Club members that is, ventured
over to the Wairarapa one Sunday. We went to
this farm, that is not a farm, where town people
can come and live for a day or two, and then
say they have lived on a farm. We only went
along to partake of the frivolities offered. There
was a paddock and we sallied forth to
individually test our skills, automobile wise.
Doing handbrake turns in a van was fun. Roy
was hampered by a four wheel drive and Grant
by sheer power. Brian was seen to disappear
down the drive with the hostess. Unfortunately
he came back. Perhaps that should read,
fortunately.
This was followed by a demonstration of ball
and club skills. Steve came out the winner,
thanks no doubt to the skills developed by
Carole rubbing off on him.
The party then retired to the shooting field where
the attempted demolition of clay pigeons took
place. Clay they might be, but pigeons they aint.
Orange frisbees more like. Some were luckier
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than others and yours truly sneaked in with a
reasonable score. Won a scooter, albeit small,
but demountable for carriage.
As a finale we enjoyed the efforts of our host
and hostess who prepared and served
barbecued meat and salads. Morning and
afternoon coffee and tea were provided by the
hosts, with cookies provided by Carole Strain.
I am sure we all enjoyed the outing. I did. So
thanks to Carole and Steve for organising the
event and prizes, and Carole for those tasty
mouthfuls. A couple of special golf balls are been
presented to Carole.
Well, there you go.
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Reflections and Projections
Garth Stevenson
Ever see a photo in a magazine or carbook of a for most of them I had to modify my
vehicle that sent your head into a spin, and your grandmother's projector to do them. It was
brain registered the vision into the 'most wanted' difficult as most photos had printing or other
and 'must have' categories? It may have been photos on the other side of them, but with
a concept vehicle, a rare old vintage, or a perseverance I had drawings on sheets of
homebuilt race car, but whatever it was you fell newsprint which were pinned to the garage wall.
in love with its shape.
We now came forward 40 years and I still use
This happened to me when I became aware of the same principal with modern technology
Colin Chapman's Mark II Lotus 7 in kitset form making it easier by having photos printed by
back in 1959 and as I drooled over photos and Photostat on clear sheets for an overhead
re-read articles in 'Autocar' magazine, I was projector. These can be printed in colour or just
painfully aware of the fact that I would never be black (which is quite adequate for this purpose)
able to afford one on my apprentice wages of enlarged or shrunk small enough to fit in the old
£4-2-6 ($8.25) a week yet on the other hand trusty slide projector.
was a coach builder working for Steel Brothers
Now for the "how you use these slides or
in Christchurch who did allow me to use
transparencies?" The idea is to replicate the
equipment after hours. The only remaining
angle of the car to the photographer by placing
obstacle was obtaining plans and accurate
the projector in the place of the photographer
dimensions from a few photographs. The
at the approximate height of the camera and
magazine article was glowing praise of the
the screen at the angle at which the car was
simple strong construction, with a sketch of the
parked. (See drawings)
frame, but all the photos were taken at angles
to get the best visual effects. Photographers When the car is viewed from angle B you can
never give any thought at all to a 17 year old on have an accurate side view and similarly the
the other side of the world by providing them projector screen when viewed from angle B can
with square on front, side, back, and top views provide a far more accurate picture than the
so that they can accurately work out the rake of original photo.
the windscreen, the lines of the doors, wheel
arches etc. So the problem is how to get these To set up an accurate picture on the screen
which can be a 3600 x 1800 sheet of chipboard
from those artistic angle poses.
or a wall, the angle A of the screen will have to
The answer came from a 'Popular Mechanic's' be adjusted until some know dimensions are
magazine on Christmas decorations. They had correct.
printed Disney and Santa characters and left
the other side of the page blank so you could I have found the wheels the easiest things to
cut them out, mount them in a slide frame then work off to find the right angle. On the original
put a few drops of cooking oil which turned the photo the rear wheel is smaller than the front
paper translucent. When in a projector, the one, but projected at the right (correcting) angle
image could be blown up to whatever size you the rear wheel is the same as the front one
wish on a garage door, window or plywood for measured from top to bottom not side to sid~
as these images will be more fuzzy.
you to draw or paint.
I gathered up all the photos I could find, some
were a group of cars racing which would mount
directly into a slide frame (I got my nose cone
and grill very accurately from one of these) but
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was easy as the article did give the wheelbase, Another source of inspiration for a vehicle is a
length and height, but on other vehicles I have model like the die cast metal 1/18 scale viper
drawn there has been nothing to work on but a my granddaughter gave me for Christmas.
guess on the wheel size. If you did not want the These models are very detailed and accurate
original size it is a simple matter to zoom in or making them ideal to work off.
out to give you a 7/8 scale or even y.. size
The first thing is to mount the model on a flat
drawings, the choice is yours.
piece of custom wood or similar, this is easy as
On the completed drawings most of the details most models have provision for mounting them
such as doors, wheel arches etc will be quite on a small stand. A centerline needs to be drawn
accurate and it will only be the front and back on the baseboard and from front to rear on the
outlines of the vehicle that will be a bit distorted, model above it. A parallel line is then drawn on
so if the same procedure is carried out with the baseboard alongside of the model. These
photos from different angles, and then are reference lines forthe templates and divided
compared, you will come up with a clearer into 8,12, 20 or however many equal parts are
needed.
picture.
Once the correct projection angle has been
established the correct size can be had by
adjusting the zoom lens or moving the projector
back or forward. In the case of the Lotus 7 this
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Templates are now cut out of balsa wood or stiff cardboard leaving 1-2mm gap between template
and body. The body is now given a light smear of cooking oil for protection.
Build up the edge of the template with a small amount of body filler (bog) then place the template
squarely on line A, B, or C etc, carefully press against the body until the gap is filled, leave in
position until the filler has set then mark the reference line on the template. When removed the
template will have an accurate clean line to be projected up to full size on an overhead or slide
projector. The mark for the reference line is given a small nick so that it will show up on the
screen.
Now you have a set for the sides of the body. The top ones can be made by placing equal; height
blocks of wood on each side of the model on the reference lines as below and the same procedure
as the side templates is followed.
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New Members
The Constructors Car Club warmly welcomes the following new members ...
John Messerly:- Johnson Phantom Christchurch (ph (03) 384-7304)
E-Mail: johnmesserly@hotmail.com
Currently John is in the process of importing a completed Johnson Phantom into the
country. Based on a stretched Chev Camaro it is now 18 feet long. Its styling is reminiscent
of the Mercedes 540K. The better known example of this car is the Excalibur.
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The edge of the blocks and the centerline are marked with small nicks for reference lines.
From the projections you can make full size female templates or frames for the body.
To set up the projector squarely with the screen mark a clear acetate sheet with four dots in a
square about 150mm between each:
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Which when projected should be square or equidistant between each one. If not adjust the angle
of projection until they are the scale to which you wish to blow up the templates can be easily
adjusted by the zoom lens or moving the projector closer or further away. If you have a 1/12 scale
model the four dots would be 12 times 150mm apart or 1800mm on the screen or multiply the
150mm to whatever scale or size you want.
Well that's the way I do it, but perhaps those who are into computers may have come up with a
better way. If so, it would be interesting to hear about it.
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Ray Mullany:- Nissan GTR Skyline Wellington (ph 934-47001)
E-Mail: sducentral@yahoo.com
Ray is another petrol head. Keen on cars and is currently re-engineering and restoring
his GTR Skyline as a show/raceca,r.
Glenn Murray:- Locost 7 Lower Hutt (ph 973-0521)
E-Mail: glenn.murray@paradise.net.nz
Glenn is another enthusiast of the 7 type styling in our club which as most of you will
know is quite rare. He has decided to build the Locost. Using the plans from a famous
book called the Locost by ####
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Kumeu Hotrod &Classic Car Show
Pete Bronlund
Summertime seems to be Car-show time and
none more so than the weekend (Jan 19 & 20)
for the annual Kumeu Hotrod & Classic Car
Festival. Kumeu's Northwest of Auckland, out
on State highway 16 that takes you to such
famous places as Muriwai Beach. Kumeu and
Huapai (the latter where I live) are really an
amalgamation so living five minutes from a huge
Show and a swapmeet right at your doorstep
is too good to be true for a car-nut like me. I'd
made sure I'd the time off work for the two day
affair because for me it's the best show of the
year with the Saturday morning swapmeet
starting nice and early.
For two days you can hear the roar of big V8
hotrods doing their thing along the highway.
Often the traffic tails back as cars cue up to
enter the showgrounds and the police attend
doing traffic control to keep it all sane.
the past years I've usually found a bargain for
the Sabre. Brand new Toyota clutch master
cylinder for $2 along with a 12" woodworking
bench vice for $2 (it's a Record, hardly used
and I promise I will be putting it work to build
parts for the Sabre). Two sets of genuine Cortina
Mk5/4 front wheel bearings for $5ea (which are
SKF ... can't have enough you know) and a bit
of wet'ndry sandpaper.
I've come to know who the professional hawkers
are as they often seem to have a bus and their
prices are a bit higher, simply I guess because
they've gotta make a living. The ones I like are
the honest car nuts having a clean out. He'll
have just a few items and usually all from one
car model. What gets me though are the people
who've come to sell their jams, garden plants
or kids clothes. Funny why their trade appears
to be a little slow!
Ok, I know it's a hotrod show but the Car Festival My best investment I feel was a set of six '86
is really why I like to attend. It's all about variety. Corvette taillights. These are the round ones.
Sure, the days are based around the theme of I've been wondering what I could do to make
out 'n out American V8 power. The hotrodder's the rear of the Sabre a little different and I've
'thing' is certainly catered for with a 'do' in the been having a hell of a time finding some Toyota
evening for members, some of whom have rears that aren't dull, cracked or chipped and a
travelled from all over to attend, brought their huge price. I'd seen a single Corvette tail light
families and camp the night. As with any for sale on one of the business stands. A new
carshow you can catch various industries with part but price $199.99. Oh sure the NZ $ is weak
their 'roadshow' like Repco, Rods by Reid, but this is just too dear. Pity I thought as it's
Possum's rally Subarus and a dealer with a pretty easy to mount.... Then I found the six,
range of latest V8 Commodores. It's a chance tired and dirty but complete. Four red, two
to have a good natter too with these guys in a amber ... especially for the market where you
very casual atmosphere. I n short there's have to have an amber indicator. I won't boast
at the price I paid the chap, but when I revisited
something for everyone.
the bloke selling the new ones he started making
The best bit for me though is that as the day
darn reasonable offers along with complaining
passes people who own something that's a little
as to why he hadn't seen them. When I told him
different from your everyday car will arrive to
what I had planned for them he was very
have a look around and bring their pride 'n joy
unimpressed and mentioned Hella!
for all to share. Often whole clubs attend and
soon park up in groups associated by model or All in all I'd a great time. Seven hours I put away
club. It's a fantastic chance to see some of so that Saturday followed by another four the
much of what New Zealanders have stored away following day. I sure appreciated just how
diverse car interests are in this country and
in their care.
made me think ... dang I've just gotta finish that
I always hit the swapmeet first because here in
Sabre of mine.
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And out of all the cars at the show, my favourite
car for the day? It'd have to be the green jalopy,
a '32 steel body Ford roadster wreck that quite
a young lad (I assume he'd built it) had botched
together from parts he'd certainly scrounged,
in fact that was the name of their hotrod club ...
Scroungers. It sounded as "BAD" as it looked
with those short headers straight off the flathead.
It had a character about it that I can't explain
but certainly endeared me.
I'd taken a digital camera along and popped off
as many pics as I could. It certainly is a great
device but when you know you're borrowing
someone's very expensive property I was
constantly worrying about it. Out of over 200
pictures I took that Saturday I've included a few
here.
No! You must finish the Sabre first. The
nosecone label says: Latest Kit Super 7
comes with instruction manual $450.00
I guess I'd better hop off now and start thinking
Sabre .... What should I work on next? .. hmmm.
My favourite on the da. All steel body and
as rough as hell. Sounded good with that
exhaust.
1 discovered these are being made miutes
from my home. The argument that some hot
rods are kitcars will go on for some years.
Sign says: Special dealer price on the day
$150,000. Not sure if there was any interest
though can't see why.
Rods by Reid. High standards and quality.
Supplied the Borgeson steering coupling,
right splines and diameters for the Sabre,
straight off the shelf.
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What's in a name?
Many and varied are the names given to British
cars - some polite and some otherwise - but as
one who dabbles in genealogy, the meaning and
origin of names and so on, I thought a look at some
of the 'British' car names and their possible origins
might be of interest.
Every year the Kumeu swapmeet
has provided afew bargains that
have helped me build the Sabre
Kumeu has become really quite popular. It
was not quite noon and the place was very
busy.
Aston-Martin is an interesting combination.
'Aston' is generally thought to mean 'eastern
farmstead or estate' while 'Martin' is thought to
mean 'farmstead near a boundary, or by a pool'.
All very appropriate if you can imagine David Brown
(the 'DB' often associated with this make) sitting
by his pool watching David Brown tractors working
over his farmstead.
Austin is a shortened version of Augustine, the
name of two Christian saints, one of whom, St
Augustine of Hippo founded several monastic
orders way back in the 4th Century. In the present
context I leave it to your imagination as to which of
HerbertAustin's fine products might best merit the
'hippo' description.
I wonder how many of these are in NZ.
The Alpha lookedfantastic and is
obviously used by its lucky owner.
At least a kit car.. In my sense at least.
Creating a bit of interest too, I might
add. VW based, people had no idea
what it is.
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This took my eye. An example of a real
hotrod. Rough as guts, illegal as hell and a
symbol ofmispent youth in another time but
so cool! Sounded great too!
525lbs ofvenerable flathead. Is anyone in
our club using one ofthese in their project?
I've seen tham doing sterling service as a
mooring block for boats.
Bedford. The town of that name was known as
Bedanford back in the year 880, which translates
as the 'Ford of a man called Bieda', so all you Ford
enthusiasts can now safely personalise your cars
- Fred can have a Fredford, Bill a Billford and so
on.
BMW 327, the plans for which were taken from
Germany as war reparation payments in 1945
Brough Superior a car manufactured from
1935 to 1939 was a large vehicle turned out by
a previous maker of motorcycles and in small
numbers, ranging from 75 V8 engined
dropheads to one only V12 saloon. 'Superior' it
may well have been, though its production was
badly timed the way the world was in those days.
A 'Brough' is a stronghold or fortification, and
looking at pictures of the cars they certainly
appear to be built like a brick castle.
Cambridge was once known as Grontabricc or
, Bridge on the River Granta' but the Normans
came along and changed the name of the river
to 'Cam'. Now if they had only come up with the
word 'shaft' to mean 'bridge' this place might
have been 'Camshaft' the centre of motor
engineering instead of just some boring old
University town.
Daimler. Well, it's difficult to know what to say
with this one in the context of being British. To
this day Daimler-Benz are the makers of the
more famous Mercedes-Benz, and it's
undeniable that Daimler is as Germanic a name
as one could hope to find anywhere.
As British as 'our' Daimlers may be I'm sorry to
Bentley is a widespread surname derived simply say that there is nothing whatsoever that is British
from grass or crops bent over in a 'ley', usually an about the name!
inhabited clearing in a wood. I guess the bending
Hillman is a common surname linked to living
over of crops could be due to something along the
lines of the breezes such as we enjoy locally or on higher ground, an important facet of defence
the rapid passage of a supercharged four-and-a- in early hostile times; there is also a link to
Hildegard and Hildebrand, both names which are
half litre of about 1930 vintage - now that would
surely create an air movement of some associated with fighting for survival. We are all
aware of the lack of success that 'our' Hillman
significance!
.
has had in that regard!
Bristol comes from the Old English brycg + stow
Humber comes from the River Humber,
meaning an assembly place by the bridge; since
described
as a 'an ancient pre-English riverthe place was called 'Bristou' as far back as the
Domesday Book in 1086, it somehow seems name of uncertain origin and meaning'.
Uncertain as its origins may have been, the river
doubtful that this refers to assembly of the cars.
Informed readers will recall that the Bristol is still there which is more than can be said for
Aeroplane Company started assembly of its the car!
luxurious range of cars on the basis of the pre-war
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Lanchester as a place name refers to a place
in Durham which in earlier days was Longovicium
probably meaning 'the place of the ship-fighters'.
It's to be hoped that as fighters of ships they
were more successful than they were in fighting
the BSA take-over in 1931 and ultimate demise
in 1956. I wonder if they would have fared better
as the Longovicium?
Rover - more bicycles in its history, but a maker
of what have been considered 'middle-class' cars
since the early 1930s. While they have been
described as being '.. very nice cars suitable for
little old ladies of all ages and both sexes.. 'this is
probably unfair and they have provided many
opportunities for folk to rove - to wander about as did their pedal-propelled predecessors.
Leyland - known as Lailand in the Domesday
Book - signified as 'Estate with untilled ground'
typical of the under-utilisation of resources later
represented by British Leyland and its 'down the
plug-hole' logo.
Singer - the first car in our family stable - was in
the '20s the third-ranked in the UK sales league
behind Austin and Morris, yet became another
casualty of a Rootes take-over in 1955,
disappearing entirely under Chrysler management
in 1970. To Sing (the activity of a singer) has been
described as 'the making of a melodious or
humming or buzzing sound', and our (pre-Rootes)
'52 roadster did all of those things, often all at the
same time.
Morris dancers are often seen these days as
enthusiastic but mildly eccentric folk who prance
around the maypole with bells on their cricketing
whites. William Morris started out as a bicycle
maker (also with bells on?) turning to cars only
in 1912; the company was at one time the Sunbeam was another which started out with
producer of nearly half of Britain's motor vehicles bikes, rose to prominence in the British motoring
- largely uninspiring, very successful, not at all heyday of the '20s, became the Sunbeam-Talbot
eccentric, but eventually submerged into the in 1935 under Rootes ownership, before seeing
Austin organisation in 1952
the sun set on the name in 1968. Rootes managed
eventually to kill off what was one of Britain's finest
Oxford or Oxnaforda in its early days was a 'Ford
marques by turning them into little more than reused by oxen'. Now we've all heard of Fords
bodied Hillmans. Funnily enough, a 'talbot' is '... an
used by all sorts of people - but oxen? The mind
extinct breed of large white hunting hound... ' Not
boggles!
a good omen perhaps.
Riley another bike maker from 1898 to the
Vauxhall is a place in Greater London which was
1920s when it turned to cars and until its
known as Faukeshale back in 1279, the meaning
subsequent disappearance into Morris and then
being the 'Hall or manor of a man called Falkes'.
the N uffield organisation, was the maker of some
This name is in turn described as being 'Old
of the best small sporting cars in the world; the
French' - yet another continental!
expression '.. the life of Riley.' has come to mean
living a carefree existence, and it would be nice Warwick (Anyone remember this one, made at
to think that this may have originated with these Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire from 1960-1962?)
nice wee vehicles.
It was a very classy looking 2-door sports saloon
which ceased production 'when the money ran out'
Rolls and its derivative 'Rolf' comes from the
according to one source.
days when wolves were indigenous in Britain and
indicated bravery in their presence, while the Warwick as a place name has the meaning
other name that we associate with it... ...
'dwelling or farm on the bank'; maybe the builders
relied too much on the bank and that's why they
Royce comes from the rose which was used
went downstream after only a couple of years?
extensively as an emblem in heraldry. So popular
was the rose and so much admired that many Wolseley is a toughie (as a name that is), though
migrants from Europe adopted it and its variations include Wolsey - there was a Cardinal
variations as surnames upon moving to Britain. Thomas W. (1475 - 1530) and the possibly more
-Variations include Rossetti, Rosberg, relevant to us 'Wellesley'. Arthur Wellesley (1769
Rosenbloom and Rosenthal. Could it be that - 1852) was the Duke of Wellington of course - not
Frederick Henry Royce was an early advocate this Wellington I must admit, but hey, you gotta try
for the unification of Europe?
and make this nonsense sound relevant somehow!
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What's on in Motorsport
Murmurs of Discontent Raise Concerns
by John Cumming
The February CCC meeting discussed a
circular letter recieved from Club Targa that
was highly critical of the New Zealand Motor
Sport Administration. The letter also included
a number of proposed remits that were aimed
at increasing the accountability of MSNZ, and
curtailing thier ability to make changes to the
rule book without going back to its members
for ratification. Following this the club recieved
a letter from President Steven Kennedy, who
defended the democratic basis on which the
sport is administered. Kennedy also called for
clubs to send delegates to the AGM who are
well briefed on the views of it's members, so
that "if there is a dissatisfaction with the
organisation and its management, then the
democratic process will reveal that".
The discussion that ensued at the February
meeting indicated there are concerns for many
Constructors Car Club members on these
issues. Responses were invited from CCC
members on the remits proposed by Club
Targa, as well as any other views or concerns.
A small number of responses were recieved.
There was support for the decision making
processes of MSNZ to include more direct
involvement and consultation of its members.
Concern was raised over lack of national
classes for the types of cars that may be
created by constructors in the Kiwi 'do it
yourself' racer mould. This has always been
a great tradition in the NZ scene, and has led
to the creation of many cars that are world class
in their design and construction.
The question of why the CCC continues to be
a member organisation of MSNZ was raised,
and posed a very pertinent point.
Concerns were expressed about the focus of
MSNZ, and loosing sight of the need to nurture
the sport at foundation level, with too much
emphasis on the international rally, too much
cost, and too much beurocracy.
These pOints were all discussed at the CCC
commitee meeting on 19 March. After much
debate, the committee concluded that the MSNZ
membership does provide some intrinsic value
for the club, and is worth continuing with. Our
membership provides insurance and a
recognised set of controls for running
motorkhanas, as well as a means for club
members to apply for Motor Sport licenses. It
was seen as important also to stay 'plugged in'
to what is happeneing with the sport in New
Zealand, and by retaining a membership, we
can in our small way contribute to and may be
even influence the direction motor sport is taking
in New Zealand.
The feeling of the committee was that the club
does not have a full picture on the quite involved
background to the proposed remits from Club
Targa. The committee agreed that the CCC
would avoid jumping on the bandwagon and
lending unqualified support to the remits, but
would investigate further to gain understanding
of the issues, and support a view at the AGM
that represents the interests of the members of
the CCC. Dave Clout and I will attend the AGM
in May with this mandate from the committee.
It was a very welcome surprise to hear from our
international member David Pattie, back 'home'
for a holiday, and even managing to fit in the
odd days racing at Pukekohe. It was of great
interest and very topical to hear about the Aussie
club racing scene, which appears to have
significantly higher entry hurdles than those we
face in New Zealand, even at club racing level.
Just getting a license is expensive, and hugely
beuracratic. Bob Needham also commented
that in North America, motor sport has more or
less imploded with the entry level too high for
most to bother with, in terms of cost but also
hassle factor.
This does make me think that we have it good
in New Zealand. It is dead easy and not costly
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to obtain a racing license; David Pattie was able
to renew his NZ club license with MSNZ on the
spot. There are also heaps of different ways to
go racing on a budget, with many levels to suit
the desired level of competition. We are spoilt
with easy access to good tracks, and most
importantly the sport is full of keen, helpful, and
friendly people who are after nothing more than
the same simple enjoyment.
It is critical to guard this for as long as we
possibly can, and keep excessive rules and
ludicrous costs out for as long as possible.
Whatever direction Motor Sport takes, the
accessibility of the sport and spirit within it in
NZ is its most precious asset. With a view to
preserving this, long live the culture of the Kiwi
racing special, and the means to give it a go!
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Tlor Two
1917 Model T Sportster in True Constructors Style
specially lowered suspension shackles with
The concept of taking a bespoke chassis from friction dampers, and brakes on the rear wheels
Bentley or Talbot, and building the coachwork only. Wire wheels were selected over wood
to order for discerning buyers who knew exactly spokes for safety and durability.
what they wanted was well known to coach The engine is not quite standard, with many
builders in the early motoring age. Neil's
tweaks learned from much experience to
concept was the same, although with a different
improve reliability, and provide horsepower. The
slant as he took one of the world's first mass exhaust is a genuine straight pipe, about 60mm
production cars, and used that to construct a in diameter that carries the beat of the 3 litre
unique and original vehicle. Model Ts were
four at waist height to the rear. The pipe has no
some of the world's first racers, with many silencing apart from a movable baffle that is
performance parts including four valve heads
closed by a small lever on the drivers side. The
available in the quest for speed. This formed
baffle does reduce the decibels nicely, but this
part of the inspiration for Neil's car, which is
engine is given its head and most often runs in
correct in its design, as well as materials and
proper unobstructed fashion.
construction for the period.
The body work is hand crafted by Neil in
Neil Dorne is a coachbuilder and mechanic by
aluminium alloy, beautifully rolled and swaged.
trade, and is extensively skilled in all aspects of
The running boards are similarly alloy, with all
car construction from mechanicals to body work body work buff finished. Wood is used quite
and finishing. He did all the work',on the
extensively in the coachwork for the frame,
Sportster apart from some upholstery and
trunk, and numerous finishings.
The
engine component machining. There were no workmanship is superb, which shows out in the
detailed drawings, but I did see a sketch of the lines of the car as well as in the detail of the
car that positioned the major components, and
many fabricated parts.
laid out the basic lines. The rest was done in
the time honoured fashion by sight of eye and The car is used frequently, both for rides to
nearby Motueka and Nelson, but also for
the feel of the hand.
journeys with local and national vintage car
The rolling chassis was first, and features
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clubs. The Model T
Sportster is a frequent
sight on local roads, and
conquers the Takaka hill
with ease. This is a
vintage car that is loved
and
beautifully
maintained, but is by no
means a pampered
sunny day special.
Neil and I had a great
afternoon swapping
drives in the Fraser and
Model T. These two cars
are actually very alike in
concept, with the
difference measured
mostly by the era and
the available technology.
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Visits to the shed with
Neil always lead to
many an hour on the
latest addition or
modification, and plans
for the next outing.
Neil Dorne:S Model T Sportster
The steering is very direct, with lots of feed back
to the four spoke wood rimmed wheel. We get
waves and admiring stares and glances as we
roar past. The evocative sounds from the beat
of the engine and whine from straight cut gears
Neil enjoyed the squirt of the Fraser, and I was match the poise on the road. The brakes require
equally keen to take the wheel of the sportster. anticipation, as the pedal requires a hard
Driving the model T requires some re-Iearning, squeeze and a longish run of road to haul the
as the driver is at first confronted by four pedals! Sportster up. Neil did say that in an emergency,
The far left is the control for the planetary gear selecting reverse provides some extra stopping
box, and has 3 positions. Fully depressed is power, as the band clutch on the planetary gear
first gear engaged, half out is neutral, and fully box acts as an additional brake. I'm pleased to
out is top gear. The next pedal over selects say I didn't have to try this!
reverse. The brake pedal and accelerator are
next in the normal positions. The hand brake Stopping is the reverse of the take off procedure;
when released also engages drive, and there is anticipate, planetary gear box pedal half in for
a hand throttle and spark advance I retard. Now neutral, and heave up with the brakes. With
to make sense of this on the open road (gulp). the hand brake engaged, the feet can now be
removed from the pedals.
After the necessary mental adjustment to correct
the instinctive reaction of clutch in to stop, the The Model T Sportster has performance well in
procedure for taking off is hold the planetary excess of its contemporaries, and has shown
box pedal half in for neutral, and off with the clean heels to many a more modern aLlto. The
hand brake. Then give the big four some T will top 60 mph, and has harried many much
throttle, and press the planetary box pedal to younger machines on club journeys into the
the floor. We are away now, and quickly the beautiful and seemingly quite deserted roads
torque has us up to low gear speed. Neil urged and trails of the upper South Island.
Both the Fraser and the T are built with near to
full exposure to occupants of the elements, and
gain their performance by light weight and
elegant design.
more revs before releasing the planetary box The Sportster was a feature at a Motueka Car
pedal to full out position, which has us in top show in January this year. Neil also included
and the engine pulling strongly. You don't need his BSA 500 motorcycle with Zeppilin sidecar.
to nurse this mighty machine, and don't forget The side car had just gained a screen with
your hand signals!
hardwood mOUldings over the cockpit sides.
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Other parts of the chair
were still being worked
on - he reluctantly
consented
to
an
information sheet on
the sidecar outfit for the
show denoting make
and model, but insisted
on
an
'under
restoration' status until
it is fully complete, and
meeting his exacting
standards!
Neil:S 500 BSA with Zepplin sidecar
There is a model T racer also slowly emerging
near by that Niel has a major hand in.
An 'English wheel' machine and some sketches
of a torpedo body have also materialsied. When
I last saw the Sportster in January, it had gained
2 alloy fluid containers for oil and lamp kerosene
on the running board in a machined teak holder
that looks period, and is beautifully crafted. This
is an automobile created to a unique individual
pattern, and a real constructors car in the very
best fashion.
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Explanation by Dave Bray (who gave the original info to Ron
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From memory it is a NISSAN PAO (can't recall the year, but
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WAIKATO WANDERINGS
Geoff McMillan
Well this time we were wandering
again! Off on the "East Cape
Tour" with a bunch of other club
members of which we only knew
a couple. Most names (and
reputations) were known through
this great mag, but to meet in the
flesh .... !
Our trip started earlier in the
week as we spent a few days in
Levin with my recently widowed
mum and did a couple of jobs on
her house. We then headed for
Hawkes Bay to catch up with the
Wairoa Lunch Stop
convoy. We got to Napier and
went to see Gary Shaw of British Component Palace Pub, which was .... different! It was an
Cars fame, and to see MY moulds for the JBA art form in itself, with every thing imaginable
panels! I have taken these on now and can hanging from the ceiling or walls. If that was not
produce to suit the call. With my chassis ready enough they had a DC 3 perched on the roof,
to take a jig off it we will be able to produce the well almost? We were able to climb up into this
kits here in NZ - any orders?
aircraft and sit down with our drinks if we felt so
inclined, and look out the windows.
We then joined up with the "convoy" of mostly
Atmosphere? Like no other pub I have been in!
"jappa's" for the trip. Everybody had arrived at
said meeting point and was ready to talk and Off to the motel and settle in to watch the GP,
... ..... Later in the evening after tea, Jill and I with Mike S coming in first (again). Off to tea
slipped back to her brother's for a bed (cheaper around the harbour and enjoy a meal with a
than a motel). We were away early next morning great bunch again, (and I am not being paid to
to head to Wairoa for a "catch up" with a friend say that)! Next morning we are off around the
who we had only been able to write to for years, cape, Allan Stott mentioning the need to have
a good time of fellowship.
full tanks. With his encouragement, Jill and I
duck out to top up, only ten minutes away then
We were first to the meeting point for lunch,
get a small fright - WHERE HAVE THEY GONE!
catching up with Sam and Lyn Lyle who were
"OK, grab the cell phone list and we will try to
organising the trip from here on. We went to
find them". After a number of phones ringing
lunch as arranged, and I was the only one brave
and NOT being answered, we were wondering
enough to tackle an Ostrich Pie! Sam was busy
where to go next. "OK, try this one and then we
telling us all about the "different" food available
might have to start again, someone will get to
but most were too conservative? Jill did try a
their phone some time"? Success, we have got
Chinese Pie and thought it OK, but my one was
a REAL voice talking to us! "Where are you"?
great, more like beef than poultry, rather
"Sitting on a beach in Gisborne". "I know you
'moorish'.
are in Gisborne, so am I! I am supposed to be
From there we headed off to Gisborne via a back with you"!
road, seeing waterfalls (Te Reinga) etc that our
We caught up with the convoy and headed off
locals (Sam & Lyn) were only too happy to show
to Sam's place to see the SL Special, which we
off. Our arrival in Gisborne was to the Smash
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all had seen on paper. Some had
seen the real thing when it came
to the club for a visit, but now
we were all able to see it for
ourselves. Sam also had a few
other things to show off that
captured the imagination but I
will leave that for someone else.
Off on the road again heading
in the general direction to Hicks
Bay. We stopped at Tolagar Bay
and Tokomaru Bay, the later for
lunch. We then set off at our own
pace after finishing lunch, a
couple of hours from first to get
their food to the last! We were
able to take in the scenery and
take it easy to Lottin Point where
we were staying for the night. As
we cruised along a small blue
car appeared in front of us. Yes,
it was the Harlow Sabre!
Wonder of wonders, Patrick
CAN drive slowly!
We travelled on the next day towards Rotorua, the next
destination. Lunch was in Opotiki where we all met up and
lined up the cars again. It was here that Jill had a bright idea,
"I do not have to be back at work until Tuesday, why don't we
take a couple more days at Ohope"? A phone call to one of
our favourite 'hiding holes' to see if there was room, and it
was done! We said goodbye to the convoy and set off for two
more days of R n' R before turning the last leg of our trip to
home.
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Constructors Car Club, "East Cape Tour 2002
(Saturday 2nd March - Wednesday 6th March)
Lynette Cooley
Prologue ... Friday 1st March 2002
Darryl and I left home one day prior to the start of the CCC "East Cape Tour 2002". The idea
being to avoid the traffic snarl-ups we anticipated from the crowds heading for the Martinborough
Fair. Had we departed on the Saturday, we'd have encountered the Marlbourough-bound traffic
as we double-backed to put us on course after dropping our dog into the kennels for his vacation.
We stayed at "Fitzherbert Castle" in Palmerston North - very nice. After settling in we had a
leisurely stroll around 'balmy Palmy', before having dinner that night at the 'Fisherman's Table', a
stones throw from our motel. The floral gardens we overlooked from the restaurant were beautiful.
After a somewhat slower stroll back (due to dinner), we retired early for a fresh start the next day.
Day One ... Saturday 2 nd March 2002
Darryl and I arrived at approximately 4pm
in Napier as scheduled to rendezvous with
the other participants at "Palm City Motor
Inn". The weather (in what was to be
constant throughout the duration of the
tour) was warm, sunny with light breezes
(or should I say zephyrs, this is a car club
after all). After settling in to our respective
units, a number of us gathered for a lovely
evening meal at the onsite "Guestaurant"
- a real convenience after travel. After a
relaxed dine and chat, we retired for a wellearned rest.
Day Two ... Sunday 3 rd March 2002
All this information and travel was very tiring
(you understand!!), so it was off to the famous
"Smash Palace" restaurant and bar, past still
more breathtaking scenery, phoenix palms
abound up there. Smash Palace was a real
quaint eatery, the entrance to which was
flanked by two deceased car bodies, one
upended, the other on a pole. Once inside
the galvanised iron shed, one could peruse
all the memorabilia/paraphernalia from bygone
eras that adorned the walls, and added to the
yesteryear atmosphere. After refreshments
in the inviting shade of the pretty rambling
Smash Palace, Gisborne
garden (the roof of which was courtesy of a
DC3 fuselage), some intrepid members even went inside for a 'Iooksee'.
Then it was away again to our accommodation at the Pacific Harbour Motor Inn -lovely!!! We
met around 6pm for Dinner at a restaurant, overlooking the harbour - "Tatapouri Boating Club"
(my apologies if the name isn't quite right), our host Sam is a member there. As we dined we
were treated to a spectacular sunset, playing across the water, phoenix palms silhouetted against
the horizon, very romantic, very pretty. Later we strolled leisurely back to our Inn, for a good
nights rest.
Day Three ... Monday 4th March 2002
Robinson, Frost, and Harlow cars at
Palm City Motor Inn, Napier
We grouped at 9:30am, departed 1Oam, on route to Gisborne, stopped for a breather partway
between NapierlWairoa at a pretty spot to see the quite impressive viaduct and new bridge, see
the remains of the old bridge, and generally take in the surroundings, mingle and chat. Around
noon we met Sam and Lyn Lyle, as arranged by the Lighthouse landmark in Wairoa, and were
duly escorted to lunch by them at "Osler's amazing world of food" (The name says it all). They
were the winners of a "Best bakery for 2001" competition. We enjoyed what turned out to be a
very eventful lunch, just ask Pam Stott or Darryl Cooley for further details, but don't mention a
somewhat "reluctant to open tube of sour cream". What a great sport Pam Stott is!!!
After lunch, it was on to Gisborne, via Fraser town, our excellent guides directed us to "Donnerielle"
scenic reserve or park (not sure which), a real picturesque place, we attempted to walk off lunch
as we took in the Hangaroa river and falls and wandered amidst the welcoming shade of vintage
trees. All too soon, we were off again, bound for the gentle annie lookout, which gave a panoramic
view, out over Poverty Bay and environs. Sam and Lyn pointed out "Young Nick's" head and
various other points of interest, imparting a brief history of the significance of the place, including
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the position where the stricken freighter "Jody F. Millennium" ran aground (now departed undertow,
bound for Tauranga). Gazing out at such a pristine place, one shudders to imagine, how it would
have looked, had the worst possible scenario occurred, thankfully, it didn't. There was even a
noticeboard in place there with information and current updates on the J.F.M - I'll bet the 35,000
population of Gisborne, gave a collective sigh or relief when she left.
Our convoy left Pacific Harbour
Motor Inn around 1Oam, to travel to
Lottin Point, via Tokomaru Bay.
Leading the way Sam and Lyn Lyle
took us for a very well organised tiki
tour past still more pretty scenery,
not least of which were the civic
rose gardens, that Lyn Lyle faithfully
tends. We had a very pleasant "pit
stop" at their home, to view the
current S.L being built, speedway
Subaru and various moulds under
construction. (See if you can spot
Darryl's input into this). Whilst the
men drooled over the garage
contents (not to say they weren't
The latest SL Special tasking shape in Gisborne
interesting to the ladies too), the
latter were able to stroll around their pretty garden. After the "Lyle experience", it was off once
again, we snaked our way through really beautiful scenery to Tolaga Bay, rolling green hills, clear
blue skies, save for a few lazy wispy white clouds, the CD track playing at the time (Pat will be
pleased to note), was Neil Diamond singing "Baby let's drive" (How did he know??)
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Once arrived, we took a walk to the
end of the historical wharf there, Sam
informed us it was the second longest
wharf in the world (second only to
one in England), 1.2 kilometres
return, built during the 1920's and in
line for restoration (having fallen into
disrepair) because of it's historical
significance, in it's heyday, it had
been a bustling major point for
shipping to off-load supplies, to the
nearby freezing works. Spectacular
cliffs, blue/green sea, and gently
Remote Tolaga Bay and its amazing wharf
rolling surf, a real pretty place - then
we were off to "Tokomaru Bay" for
lunch at "The new pub" and a king size lunch at that (It's a hard life).
The question that begs an answer is how
come Sam Lyle, who vetted all the
eateries for us, remains svelte-like,
whilst I resemble Father Christmas?
What a great job he did in this
department - sparkling blue sea views,
then all too soon, it was off again bound
for Lottin Point (after several deviations
by us and some other members, who
shall remain nameless). The Neil track
playing then was "If I lost my way" (Darryl
told him politely to 'Shut Up'). The
approach to LoUin Point was down a
narrow, windy gravel road, with a sheer
drop on the starboard side, for
approximately 3ks Neil was singing
I'm sure I write on behalf of everyone on the trip when I say "our heartfelt appreciation to them
both, for services 'above and beyond' the call of duty." Their inside information so willingly imparted,
on every aspect of the tour, was invaluable, and certainly greatly enhanced the enjoyment of
everyone. Sam even "car sat" our vehicles at one point, when we walked up to a lookout to take
in the view. They didn't leave a stone unturned to ensure our trip was a pleasant one, and it was
"Thank you both very much".
Later we stopped at "Pacific Coast Macadamias", near Opotiki to sample the wares, and for
many to purchase the same - then on to a morning tea stop at Te Kaha (well we do have to keep
our strengths up somehow). The scenery in this region has to 'be seen to be believed', spectacular
coastal views, Banana Palms (many in fruit) and Pohutukawas in abundance; one can only imagine
what the latter would look like in full-flower, silhouetted against the azure blue sky. We snaked
our way past the Houpoto Forest. The road was winding but good, most bends afforded sea
views of varying hues and numerous pretty bays. Isolated homesteads dotting the landscape,
quite a marked number of horses lazily grazing in fields. (They obviously rely on the original
horsepower up there.)
Hedgerows framed the entrance to Opotiki, flanked by, (yes you guessed it phoenix palms).
Stopped for another "Fab feed" (back to the straight and narrow once home). Then it's off to
Whakatane, having lost some 4 - 5 people from the original convoy (some to return home, some
to further their stay in this area). Drove through Whakatane whilst some re-fuelled, then away
again through an avenue of Maple trees (I think) leaves just beginning to show a hint of Autumn
gold. Stopped off at a near deserted small shopping mall around 3pm-ish for refreshments then away to Rotorua, and our accommodation at the "Cleveland Motel" (by way of an eerie
coincidence, a stones throwaway from a model car-shop amongst other like items, aptly named
"Rotorua Motorworld".
After settling in, some went for a welcome soak in the Motel's Pool (35 degrees C), whilst others
just had to check out Rotorua Motorworld. Darryl came back eyes glazed, clutching a modest
purchase, most enthused over R.M, which I was later to find out lived up to his vivid descriptions
and then some. Brilliant for people of any age, a real asset to Rotorua. Dinner that night (via car
pooling) was at "Mac's Steakhouse" - very nice -after dining (it's a hard, hard life) we all went
back to the double motel unit shared by Alan and Pam Stott (of sour-cream fame) and Dave and
Sandra Bray, for a "coffee". Amidst much hilarity and story telling, we all got to retire around
11 :30 - midnight, tired but happy.
New Lockwood Pub and Restaurant,
Tokomaru Bay
"Don't look down" at the time. Our Lottin Point hosts Bruno and Duckie were real pleasant and
such characters; they made us very welcome.
The accommodation was newly finished units, some of which weren't entirely operational (hardly
surprising really, word must have got around that the "Constructors Car Club" had arrived and
who but them could build or fix anything?). A very tranquil place, very pretty and open sea views
(fishing excellent and well-renowned we were told). Dinner that night, was a beaut smorgasbord,
and lots of it, memorabilia around the walls included the usual business cards, foreign money (to
which Geoff Bell made a contribution) and an impressive array of sun hats and caps adorned the
walls - 329 in all (thanks to Ken Rogers for the 'head count' - if you'll excuse the pun). We all
retired tired and happy around 10 - 10:30pm, for a good nights rest, in this serene place.
Day Four ... Tuesday
4th
March 2002
Early morning reveille (we were pre-warned) was just before 7am as Dave and Carole Frost in
their Cobra and Pat and Heather Harlow in their Sabre were all (reluctantly, I'm sure) homeward
bound. After breakfast (way too soon, it seemed) it was time to depart this peaceful place, to
head for Rotorua, via Opotiki, where we will stop for lunch (Darryl described our numerous food
stops as "feeding frenzies"), for me it was more of a "Food Fest". We left as scheduled around
9:30 -1 Oam, our East Cape guides Sam and Lyn Lyle left us at this juncture to return to Gisborne.
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Day Five ... Wednesday 6th March 2002
,
Was the parting of the ways for most of us, losing the Stotts, The Brays, The Robinsons, The
Rogers, The Wests, The Bovens, David Nation and Penne Brawn, having previously "lost" Geoff
Bell and "Holly", also the Hadleys (the latter back at Opotiki) my apologies if I've inadvertently
missed anyone out (was the mass exodus, something Darryl or I said? or perhaps (hopefully), it
was only the end of the tour. The Loars, I believe, with Darryl and myself, were staying an extra
night in Rotorua - our hectic schedule from that point on meant we didn't get a chance to get Jon
and Megan Loar in for a "farewell coffee" ~as we'd planned - sorry.
After another trip for Darryl (but first for me), to Rotorua Motorworld, and a great browse, couldn't
possibly see everything this time, so it will be a good excuse to return again to see what we
missed this time round. Well worth it. We then set off for "Paradise Valley" - the attraction and
highlight being to pat the lion cubs, which we duly did (unforgettable) we then fed the trout, pigs,
deer and goats, after all this feeding we stopped for a break to feed ourselves (well, we wouldn't
want to fade away, would we?). We had a soak in the hot pool that night, then retired early as we
departed for home early next morning (having settled our bill the previous night - I hasten to
add).
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Epilogue ... Thursday
7th
March 2002
What a brilliant time we both had. Grateful thanks once again to the Lyles, very many thanks too,
to the organisers for a job well done, a truly memorable time all round with great company. The
favourable weather conditions throughout, truly the "icing on the cake". A routine pit-stop at
Taupo & (funnily enough) calling in at a model craft shop there, we found the CCC's reputation
had preceded us, seems Pat & Dave had called in a day or so prior, he really remembered their
cars. A good trip back home, reuniting with our golden Labrador Shilo (via the Kennels on route),
and wouldn't you know it Pat, as we arrived home Neil was singing, "I believe in happy endings".
Wairoa
Gateway to the East
Cape
P.S. All up the roll call included 29 people, 1 very well behaved Cairn terrier, named "Holly"
(belonging to Geoff Bell), 12 mufti cars, 3 Almacs -1 Cobra, 1 Sabre and 1 TG (a little plug there
Alex).
The East cape is Almac
country. The three Almac
kit cars are pictured
outside their motel
inNapier at the start of
the trip.
One of the many scenic
stops along the way.
Brilliant weather
throughout.
Right: All wrapped up like a
Christmas present.
A Cobra surprise.
Below:
Wairoa Lighthouse
Cars parked at the viaduct stop
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REPORT ON THE TIRONUI FARM EVENT,
SUNDAY 17th. MARCH
Brian Robinson
Well, in spite of having the esteemed editor of I contributed. For me, discipline & even plain
our very own SPARE PARTS Ron Stroud ( & common sense disappears at about the same
his long-suffering lady navigator, Adele), along time as the driving wheels start losing traction.
for the day, I got the job of writing the report on It's foot down & let er rip. However, I think that
the day's activities because I didn't duck quickly the honours for going the wrong way would have
enough. Therefore, with due apologies to the to go to Paul Needham in his Nissan Primera ..
other attendees for any errors &Ior omissions Only the Gisborne harbour pilot could compare.
(All care. No responsibility), the following report Still, great lap times, Paul. Ron Lowe put up
is entirely from my own perspective.
some respectable runs in the Sabre, while Grant
in his Nissan 300ZX, entertained us with some
Unfortunately, the day broke cloudy & a bit windy,
impromptu pirouettes that would not have
which may have deterred some of our less
disgraced the Bolshoi. And Roy? Well what
determined members, or maybe some just forgot
can we say Roy. 4WD engaged: 4WD
to put their clocks back, as we only numbered 8
disengaged, it was certainly different. The
cars when we mustered alongside the golf
Bighorn, displaying all the grace of a hippo on
course at Te Marua at 9.30 that morning. Neverland still managed to put up at least one good
the-less, undismayed by the lowturn out, we set
time: and without getting lost. But don't give up
off over the hill to regroup outside Martinborough.
the Urba car yet, Roy.
Then Steve & Carol Strain led us a further 12kms
to Tironui Farm where we were met by the Ron Stroud put his Company Mitsubishi
owners & our hosts, Robbie & Tricia Tui.
Diamante through its paces in a hurry too. Bet it
wondered if it had been nicked by a drag racer.
First, a quick word about the facilities. The
Steve, in his Alfa Romeo turned in his usual
restaurant was a separate dining hall, large &
consistantly good performance. Special mention
airy, nicely decorated & clean, with a well
for George Ulyate though. He killed the most
appointed bar available if required. A free
buckets. Must be all that past driver training.
welcoming morning tea or coffee was provided
Points were awarded for times which from
& Carol had obviously spent hours over a hot
memory, ranged from 29secs plus penalties to
stove earlier, as she brought a whole batch of
51 secs without penalties. I never did find out
home baking. Delicious! Incidentally, free tea
who was the leading points scorer in this event
& coffee was available on a help yourself basis
but who worries when we're having fun. The
throughout the day.
theory was for the score to be carried forward &
After morning tea & a social chit-chat, it was time added to the score for the next event, but first it
to get down to some really serious fun stuff. We was time to break for lunch.
were given unrestricted use of a large flat grassy
Our hosts had set up a long table in the dining
paddock to hold a mini-motor khana (not that
hall covered with a great variety of fresh salads,
the cars were mini with Roy & Eleanor Hoare
noodles, mushrooms, etc, with new potatoes, &
piloting a big 4WD Isuzu Bighorn, & George
they had a big gas-fired bar-b-cue on the
Ulyate piloting a 4WD Nissan van, with most of
verandah dispensing steak & sausages in vast
the others driving sundry tin-tops). Only the
quantities. Despite the blustery wind, it was
Almac Sabre & Almac Roadster TG looked the
reasonably sheltered in the large courtyard
part (even if we do say so ourselves,eh Ron?).
outside equipped with bar-b-cue tables &
Steve set up two successive courses so that we
benches. The meal was certainly well worth the
could all have the thrill of slipping & sliding &
$18 per person, &Janet & I ran out of room below
spinning round the buckets marking the course,
long before the cook was ready to give up. Then
with the usual quota of casualties (to the
during some more socialising, George told me
buckets), & hilarious navigational errors, to which
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that Tricia had mentioned to him that she would
dearly love a ride in an open car but didn't have
the cheek to ask, so I immediately offered her a
lift & within seconds she'd doffed her apron &
we were off on the road to Martinborough. Tricia
confided to me that she had not been in a car
like Alice since her boyfriend (pre Robbie) used
to take her out in his MG when she lived in
Sydney. Funny how often I hear that, or a very
similar, story when I'm out with Alice. Anyway,
just to make her day, when we turned round I
(heroically) put her in the drivers seat for the run
back to the farm. I think that she was really
thrilled to bits. I may have won a heart, but I
didn't get a discount. Just joking.
retired to the dining hall for yet some more free
refreshments. At this point, Tricia offered to show
us around the original old homestead on which
they had lavished much labour & money to
restore ,& which they now rent out as a
"homestay ". It is a large & rambling wooden
structure standing quite privately from the owners
residence. It has 3 double bedrooms plus
another equipped with bunks for youngsters.
There is large sitting-room ,& a well-appointed
kitchen & bathroom. The whole place was
comfortably furnished, & the original wooden
floor was beautifully polished: still showing the
nail-holes & scars of the past many years. They
normally charge $40 PP per night which does
not seem unreasonable to us. I would be happy
to recommend it to anyone looking for a quiet
place to recharge their batteries.
Due to the above little diversion, I missed most
of the next event which was driving golf balls
(theoretically, at least) into the wide blue yonder
with the declared aim of getting them as close At the end of this tour it was pretty obvious that it
to a well marked bucket in the outfield. I was close to home-going time so we had a last
understand that even the golfers among us had get-together. I don't know who actually came at
some difficulties with this, but some with practice the top of the points table at the end of the day,
or simply inspired, managed to drop a ball close & it wasn't meant to be a serious competition
to the marker. As for myself, I haven't handled a anyway as not everyone entered all the events
golf club in over 40 years, so it came as no great on offer. However, Carol had thoughtfully
surprise that I could only produce a number of provided a prize for everyone who came so that
beautiful air shots before I got the ball off the tee none of us felt left out & inadequate. I've put my
(& then it was in the wrong direction). Now I little plastic car in the cabinet along with my other
remember why I gave the game away to start few club trophies Carol, as a souvenir of a really
with. Anyway, well done Grant & Steve who good day out. Then having said our good-byes
(until next time), & leaving Grant & Lois
seemed to get closest to the bucket.
entertaining the little ones in the small, but
When we had all had a good laugh at each others
adequate swimming pool, we headed off back
efforts, we shifted to yet another paddock where
over the hill. By the way, I did have my togs &
Robbie has his clay-bird shooting range set up.
towel in the car, but for once, stark fear overruled
The cost was $15 for 10 shots which included
my love for the water. It was just a tad cooler
expert advice from the "puller" ,Robbie. Several
than Napier/Gisborne/Rotorua, etc, where we
of the guys decided to try it out & naming no
last had a swim on the recent club tour, so I
names, it was clear that some already had
chickened out.
experience with firearms or they'd got a darn
good eye as a surprising number of the targets As I am the one delegated to write this article, I
were either winged or blasted to pieces if! mid am presuming, on behalf of us all, to thank Steve
air. They might have done even better if Robbie & Carol for organising such a fun day at an
had been throwing heavy metal CD discs like a altogether new venue which Janet & I would be
certain advert of a few years ago. A couple of only to pleased to visit again sometime in the
the ladies also tried out with the gun but with not future should the club decide to do it again.
quite so much success. Never mind! full marks Maybe next time we will be able to fit in a
to them for literally having a shot, which is more petanque session.
than I was game to do given the vagaries of my
Finally, the usual congratulations for those who
aim with the golf ball.
managed to make it, & commiserations for those
By this time it was well into the afternoon, so we who couldn't.
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CONSTRUCTORS CAR CLUB INCORPORATED
ABBREVIATED' STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FOR THE YEAR TO 31 March 2002
Club General Account
Note 1
Current Resale Stock levels are
31-Mar-02
31-Mar-O 1
Income
Subscriptions
Scrutineering, Registrations and Manual Sales
Other income, including Interest, $2 Door Charge
Net Stock Sales
Total General Account Income
7,615
1.701
1,715
217
11,249
6.52 5
4.53 7
1.500
136
12,698
Expenses
Cost of Magazine (net of advertising revenues)
Hire of Clubrooms
Postage (inc box hire)
Club Night Catering
Printer Consumables
Other Expenses
Total General Account Expenses
-5,893
-709
-940
-381
-802
-1,081
-9,806
-3,880
-619
-682
-419
-1,420
-1,038
-8,058
1,937
24
1,961
4,79 7
25
4,822
-840
-450
-675
-248
-617
0
-2,829
-1,300
-48 9
-20 9
-276
-563
-458
-3,29 3
Net Royalty Account Surplus/(Deficit)
:'i l:i!'::":'::!i!:!I:';I,;.:s(;8:1
','i"i' Hllii+ii:i,~"li2 91
Total Surplus for the period
·:ii!!II'
Net Club OperatIng Surplus
2002 Club Accounts are
scanned from original A4's
and reduced to fit on 2 pages
-Ed
Note from Steve
Strain, Treasurer
Royalties Account
Income
LVVTA Royalties
Interest
Total Royalty Account Income
Expenses
Scrutineers Expenses
Motorsafe
Clubrooms (Tech Committee)
MANZ
LVVTA Representative Expenses
Other Expenses
Total Royalty Account Expenses
;'!:ii:in';J,!,~5741
l'i"-I!i:::li]IIi!'I::i!6~'16
*A detailed report is available on request from the Treasurer
9·1
At the last committee meeting
someone said that the Car
show
committee
had
everything in hand financially
i.e. sponsors were paying for
everything.
On this basis the accounts do
not include any accrued
liabilities as at 31 March for
the show. (None have been
brought to my attention
except Patrick who is after
anDther ink cartridge for show
publicity material).
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 March 2002
31-Mar-02
Funds Available
Balance as at 1 April 2001
Surplus for the year
Total Funds Available
Represented by:
Current Assets
Cheque Account
Royalties Account
Cash Float
Bonus Saver Account (General Account Funds)
Slack on Hand
Note 1
Printer
LWTA Royalties Due
Total Current Assets
Less
Current Liabilities
2002/03Subscrtptions paid in advance
Accounts Payable
Payments owing to Scrutineers
Total Current Liabilities
Total Net Assels
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31-Mar-Ol
For Sale
-15,944
-574
.-16;5191
423
2,135
20
13,772
778
332
Truimph 13/60 front discs/calipers
new pads and recent kits
4,556
686
20
7,442
875
Triumph 13/60 front discs/calipers/
hubs, light rust
17,459
498
1,868
15,944
Triumph Vitesse (21 herald) front
springs/shocks, suit heavy
engined kits
-535
0
Toyota 4AGE rear drive factory
exhaust manifold
-85
-320
0
o
-940
Offers phone Andrew 06 329 0907
after 7pm evenings
Cotton Caps
Tee Shirts
Magazine Folders
Car Badges
Vinyl Badges
Self Adhesive Car Badges
Key Rings
Profile books
Caps
Polo Shirts
New Sweatshirts
L Sweatshirt
XXL Sweatshirts
4X Sweatshirt
Number Plate Surrounds
All stock items are valued at cost
0
3
0
48
47
58
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
3
31-Mar-02
31-Mar-01
0.00
40.50
0.00
504.00
58.75
34.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
19.13
61.94
40.50
0.00
0.00
18.00
0.00
40.50
24.30
546.00
60.00
37.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
19.13
0.00
40.50
40.50
0.00
66.00
777.62
874.73
Note 2
All amounts are reported on a GST inclusive basis as the Club is not a GST registered
entity and therefore any GST paid is not recoverable.
Note 3
Car Badges awarded on car completion, raffle prizes, and adhesive car badges given to
new members are taken from stock at cost.
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
CONSTRUCTORS CAR CLUB INCORPORATED (lithe Club")
I have audited the financial statements in accordance with accepted auditing
standards, and have carried out such procedures as I considered necessary.
In common with other organisations of a similar nature, control over the income for
activities prior to its being recorded is limited, and therefore there are no
practical audit procedures to determine the effect of this limited control.
In my opinion, the financial statements on pages 1,2 and 3 give, subject to the possible
effect of the limited control over income referred to in the preceding paragraph, a true and
fair view of the financial position of the club as at 31 March 2002 and the results
of its activities for the year ended on that date.
David Bray
Honorary Auditor
NOTE FOR MEMBERS
Shop Items available for sale are listed in
Financial Statement Note 1 above.
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Invitation to Breakfast
What's the Diff?
Dave Bray
That's an opening calculated to attract
your attention - if you have read this far, it
worked!
The Irish have a greeting "The Top of
the Mornin' to You!" to which the
accepted response is ".. and the rest of
the day to Yourself'.
Details are:
With these sort of thoughts in mind, we
would like to invite members of the Club
to participate in an upcoming event - the
now famous "Daimler Dawnbreaker".
•
The starting place is at Tawa Junction at the end of
Surrey Street, Tawa
•
You will need to bring your sense of humour, a torch, a
simple map (hopefully of this general area, not
something out of the newspaper covering Pakistan)
and sufficient money to pay for breakfast.
•
Breakfast should be at about a.30-ish, and once things
are all over you should have enjoyed both 'the top of
the mornin', and still have 'the rest of the day to
yourself'.
•
There's no need to be frightened of winning - the
obligation to organise the next year's event only falls
on Daimler Club members.
This event is being organised by Sandra
and Dave Bray as part of their 'prize'
(hah!) for winning it last year. It's a
simple 'follow the instructions' sort of
event which will take up a couple of
hours which you would otherwise waste
by sleeping, and culminates in a decent
breakfast which neither you nor yours
have to prepare.
On the basis that it takes no more effort
to run an event for a larger number than
it does for half-a-dozen, we thought that
there might be one or two other
insomniacs out there who might like to
join us for something a wee bit different
to the usual activities.
•
Starting time is at 6.00am on Sunday 21 st April (yes,
you read that right - 6.00am)
Numbers are needed so as to make sure we have
enough bits of paper for everyone, and to ensure that
the caterers know what they'll be faced with, so please
call one of us by 16th April to confirm that you'll be
joining
Contact: (04) 233 9927 or email <dgmb@Xtra.co.nz>
Phil Bradshaw
Frugal is my middle name. Not by choice mind
you, but through necessity. For many of us, life
has become a SITCOM - Single Income, Two
Children, Oppressive Mortgage. Whilst in my
case we are not exactly on a single income, and
although you can substitute chickens for the
children, the fact remains that our mortgage is
astronomical (we are chained to Auckland, after
all).
come fitted to many a Hi Ace or Hi Lux as a live
axle, plus late 80s/early 90s Supras in IRS form.
As always, check out the chassis tag for size,
ratio and LSD information. Hi Lux are becoming
popular for conversions as the 8" diff is
indestructible (almost all the LSDs are 4 spider
to boot) and the axles are HUGE. The downside
is that they sell for around 600 dollars and up,
and still need a disc brake conversion. It would
also appear that the Hi Lux/Ace LSD is not a
conventional LSD in that it relies solely on spring
pre-loading for the LSD action, as opposed to
'ramp' type clutch pack or torsen operation. In
this manner they are apparently good for straight
line use, but tend to act as an open diff when
cornering. The Supra centres are a true LSD,
as far as I know.
All this translates into a severe lack of funds for
car building projects, which means that you have
to work smarter in order to achieve more with
less. Take this turbo Mk 1 Cortina project I am
working on. What it needs is a rear axle that is
up to the task but doesn't cost moonbeams,
because the owner also has a modest budget.
Ideal spec? Limited slip centre, live axles, disc
braked and indestructible with a readily available We chose the middle ground, with a 7.5" unit.
range of ratios (the car will ultimately be used Now, here is a little secret - both the live and
for road, circuit and strip use, with some 300- IRS units run virtually identical internals - which
350 horsepower on tap).
are interchangeable. This is good news, as the
7.5" diff is fairly common in LSD form in IRS
Given that a Mk 1 Cortina has much the same
Celicas and Supras from the early-to-mid 1980s.
track as an Escort, the simple answer would
These are all only 2 spider units, but are easily
appear to be to fit an Escort LSD. Sadly this is
capable of handling 300 horsepower (some say
not the case, for a variety of reasons, including
up to 450). In fact, a Supra gearbox is far more
cost (Escort LSD centres seem to sell for a
likely to break before the diff wilL ..
minimum of $1 000) and durability, to say nothing
of then having to undertake a disc brake As an idea of cost, I have picked up 2 LSD
conversion.
centres from an IRS Celica/Supra for no more
than 30 bucks each from a scrap metal dealer,
Another option is to fit an Atlas axle from a Capri.
and another for $100 in the Trade and
If anything this is even more expensive in LSD
Exchange. Most LSDs seem to be 4.3 ratio.
form, and would require narrowing, plus the
Even better, these cars rot into dust with an
conversion to discs etc. Being a one eyed Toyota
amazing ease, resulting in a relatively large
fan, I considered an AE 86 Corolla LSD unit,
number of them in wrecking or scrap yards, with
however, once again the LSD centres .cost
correspondingly little demand on the parts.
around $1000 on their own, and although they
come with disc brakes, the crown and pinion The next trick is to find a live rear axle to fit the
gears appear to have a short life beyond 200 LSD into. This is becoming increasingly difficult,
horsepower.
especially if you want one with discs on it. A
word of caution here; factory disc brakes rear
Clearly some other solution was required. The
ends tend to have double roller outer axle
AE 86 diff is known as the T-series, and has a
bearings, which prevent the disc from floating
6.7" crown wheel. It also has bigger brothers,
in and out. If you think about it, a bit of end float
the F-series 7.5" and the G-series 8". G-series
on a drum is irrelevant, but on a disc can cause
c
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all sorts of unwanted noise and minor vibration. with a 4.778 ratio centre. Ratios available
While you can get by without these bearings include 3.7,3.9,4.1,4.3,4.5 and 4.778, so you
(like my disc brake conversion on the Leitch), if should be able to satisfy most needs.
given the option run the full factory system.
We had to narrow the Crown housing some 92
Since the double bearing is considerably wider
mm for the Cortina. We arrived at this amount
than the single, the housing and axles are
by measuring the overall width of the original
different to suit.
set up (including tyres). We decided the tyres
As far as I know, there are two sources of 7.5" sat too far inside the guard opening, and figured
disc braked live rear axles, and both are getting that the new wheels should sit about 20 mm
scarce. The first choice is a MA 45 or RA 45 GT further out. This would still provide about 20 mm
Celica. These are circa 1978-82, and come with clearance from the guard lips. We then bolted
either the M series 6 cylinder or 18RG 2 litre the new wheels and tyres to the Crown rear axle
motor respectively. The good news is that these assembly and measured the width overall; the
rear ends are only slightly wider than an Escort, difference between the Crown and the Cortina
have disc brake callipers that contain the (plus the reduced tyre inset) became the amount
handbrake, have a 4 x 4.5" PCD stud pattern the Crown assembly needed to be shortened.
and are located by 4 links and a panhard rod.
Care needs to be taken to ensure the drive shaft
The bad news is that the vast majority of these
will clear the tunnel adequately - especially if
cars have the 6.7" rear end.
the car does not run an offset driveshaft ... you
The other option is the Toyota Crown of the may need to narrow one side more than the
same period through to around the mid '80s. other.
These are a 3 link pan hard rod set up, and are
The axles were cut down in a lathe and slightly
wider than the Celica. These have 5 stud axles
built up with a MIG due to the minor necking in
(5 x 4.5" PCD) and fit the majority of 5 stud
after the splines (approx. 0.5 mm). This cost
wheels on the market, including all Toyota 5 stud
$80. This is actually not so much necking of the
and also Falcon - just be aware of offset
axles but more the splines rising proud after
differences. The Crown axle flanges are
being rolled. The good news is that the axles
designed in such a manner that re-drilling to 4
themselves get fatter from the splines to the
stud is not really possible. Hi Ace/Lux are 5-6
flanges, so there would be no need to weld build
stud, but have solid flanges and can therefore
up if you narrowed the axles further. Also, only
be re-drilled easily. Not all Crowns are disc
about Y, the spline is engaged. The splines were
braked in the rear, but generally the drum braked
then cut, at $80 each, with a diff centre being
r.ears run 7.2" crown wheels while disc braked
supplied to ensure the axles fitted OK. The Gear
are 7.5". Generally the 7.5" diffruns 70 mm axle
Cutter stated that no hardening was required,
tubes, while the 8" runs 76mm.
as the splines were mostly cut into metal that
The Crown runs a solid disc, with handbrake had been hardened by the original heat treating
operation being achieved via a pair of drum (he ran a file across the new splines and said
shoes inside the disc centre boss. We adapted they were hard enough). I am a little dubious
the Crown rear end to take IRS Cress ida vented about this, but will see how it goes. Induction
discs and callipers, which retain the drum hardening was going to be about $50 an axle.
handbrake. A bit offettling and the Cressida rear
The housing was narrowed by marking it up and
discs and callipers fitted with minimal effort. The
then cutting it on a cut off saw. I made a jig first
Crown also has a complex handbrake
that kept everything in line for welding, and
mechanism utilising a rod and some linkages;
tacked the shortened housing together, then got
this has been turfed in favour of a more direct
it welded with a gruntier MIG than my toy one.
acting pair of handbrake cables scrounged from
The welding cost $10. Apparently the trick is to
the rear disc brakes on a FWD Corolla, with
weld the housing with the axles inside to
mounts fabricated to suit. The handbrake cables
minimise distortion. Our plan is to see if the rear
cost $10 from a scrappie. The Crown rear end
end is out any when we get the wheel alignment
cost $120 from a wrecker, and came complete
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done, and give it a bend in a press if required.
As best we can measure it (using a straight edge
across each axle flange to get a larger reading)
it has remained true so far.
The next step was creating a LSD centre of the
right ratio. This entailed the amalgamation of 3
diffs - one for the ratio, one for the LSD centre,
and one for the live housing. This was relatively
straight forward, apart from needing a new crush
tube to set up pinion bearing pre-load correctly.
We re-used an existing one, and think it will be
OK. Time will tell.
relatively common in LSD form, with a wide
range of cheap ratios, and is relatively
indestructible. While in many cases you may
need to narrow the diff, the all up cost can still
work in your favour.
Cool Tools
I have bought some tools and workshop stuff
lately that I have become very fond of. Top of
the list is a Black and Decker power file. These
are like a belt sander, but the belt is only y,"
wide. The units retail for about $150 new; I got
one for $45 2nd hand. If I had known how good
One bearing was replaced; this was readily these are for removing metal, I would have
available from a bearing supplier at a cost of bought one years ago. I hardly ever file now!
around 45 dollars. We may well replace both When/if it dies I will buy a new one. I also bought
outer axle bearings as well, which are about a 14" cut off saw for $299 from Mitre 10. It has
$120 each due to the double row of bearings a 2200 watt motor and has proven invaluable
and oil seal, as the originals are a little rough. I for cutting up box section for the chassis jig I
fabricated new leaf spring and shock mounts am building to repair my AE 86 Corolla, as well
for the axle housing from some suitable box as the axle jig. I bought it new as I intend getting
tube, as the Cortina remains leaf sprung, albeit a lot of use out of it.
the springs have been rebuilt, lowered and had
an extra leaf and a half added to reduce axle Another useful tool has been a Black and Decker
tramp. The springs cost $180 the pair for the multi tool- like a Dremel tool, but a lot cheaper
($99 as opposed to $229) and with twice the
work.
warranty, which was fortunate, as the first one
U-bolts and bottom mount plates from a Mazda died after 10 minutes ... the 2nd one has stood
ute were the right size to fit the Crown housing up very well.
snugly, and the price was right at $18 for the lot
from Pick A Part. We then fitted the axle to the Then there was the 14.4V Black and Decker
springs, and set up the pinion angle at 5 degrees Firestorm Drill. This was on a special for $199
at normal ride height. The housing was then tack with a free torch (that takes the same 1 hour rewelded to the new spring mounts, and once we charge battery). Normally the drill is $229 and
get the driveshaft properly modified we will the torch $35 (I know this because I bought
check the pinion angle again before fully welding another torch about 3 months ago! Nowwe have
a workshop torch and a Barn torch, which comes
the mounts.
in handy given the power cuts we get...) I actually
In many ways, putting the car back on its new bought the drill as a means of getting a 2 nd
wheels was something of an anticlimax, as it battery for my Firestorm reciprocating saw. The
somehow just looked normal. The reality could saw is magic for chopping up car bodies ... The
not be further from the truth - the Cortina now drill has 22 torque settings, plus variable speed.
sits close to 4 inches lower than stock, and the It has already proven itself to have been a very
overall stance of the car, coupled with the smart buy, with an impressive amount of torque.
manner in which the front and rear wheels and
tyres (205/50x15 on 6.5" rims) fill the guards I am not a Black and Decker fan particularly,
looks spot on. It is low, but not ridiculously so. but they do seem to make reasonable tools at a
reasonable cost, backed by a 2 year warranty.
If you want an IRS set up, you could either Basically, I can't afford to buy De Walt (which is
narrow the Toyota unit, or amalgamate the Black and Decker anyway) or Makita or Bosch
centre and half shafts with the uprights and half etc, and B&D have a wide range. On the general
shafts from a FWD that suits your purpose. End workshop side I bought a combination square
of the day, the 7.5" diff is readily available and set ($85 from Mitre 10) that has been invaluable
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for marking out. The protractor head is handy
for getting angles right and also figuring out the
pinion angle for the Crown diff - we will probably
run about 4 degrees.
I also picked up some more plastic bins, which
have tidied up my general junk pile considerably.
These are normally $8.99 from the Warehouse,
but were down to $5 on special, so I bought 10
of them.
The New Year sales have been really good - I
bought a set of 3 aviation snips, that are usually
$75 each, for half price, and also some magnetic
welding clamps that are about 10-15 dollars a
pair on special at Mitre 10, which make
fabrication a whole heap easier. Finally I bought
some plastic soft jaws with magnetic strips for
$10, which have been really handy too.
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