February 2012 Newsletter - KDA132

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NZRR&BC MAGAZINE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Michael Midgley RD 1, Culverden, Nth Canterbury 7391 Phone 03 315 6445 or Mobile 0274 148 145 Email midgleym@xtra.co.nz IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN Richard Hadfield 242 Sunnyside Road, R.D.3 Albany 0793 Phone: 09 448 2248 Email oldie@ihug.co.nz SECRETARY Geoff Walls 4/3 Karitane Drive, Cashmere, Christchurch Phone 03 332 6387 or Mobile 021 786 652 Email geoff@wallsnz.net TREASURER Philip Eilenberg 3B 21 George Street, Parnell, Auckland Phone: 09 374 5901 or Mobile 021 928 041 Email peilenbergnz@gmail.com MEMBERSHIP REGISTRAR Rob Carthew 85A Wharewaka Road, Taupo Phone 07 377 4117 Email watcher@pl.net TECHNICAL LIAISON OFFICER Post WW2 Roy Tilley 204a Waiwhetu Road, Lower Hutt Phone 04 566 0850 Fax 04 586 2937 Email rmt@xtra.co.nz TECHNICAL LIAISON OFFICER Pre WW2 Eddie Riddle 1 Wickliffe St, Mosgiel 9024 Phone 03 489 5774 Email edjoyr@xtra.co.nz MAGAZINE EDITOR Tom King 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025 Phone 03 339-8309 or Mobile 0275 880 767 Email the.king@xtra.co.nz WEB MASTER Bob Barbour 27 O’Leary Road, R.D.1 Pokeno 2471 Phone 09 236 6556 or Mobile 027 280 7902 Email gotalife@ps.gen.nz NATIONAL EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR Rob Carthew 85A Wharewaka Road, Taupo Phone 07 377 4117 Email watcher@pl.net NORTHERN REGION CHAIRMAN Glynn Williams 24 Franklin Road, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1011 Phone 09 378 7632 Email glynngwilliams@yahoo.com SECRETARY Susie Williams 37 Maxwelton Drive, Mairangi Bay. Phone 09 478 3995 or Mobile 021 367 683 Email suehowiewilliams@gmail.com CENTRAL REGION CHAIRMAN Roy Tilley 204a Waiwhetu Road, Lower Hutt Phone 04 566 0850 Email rmt@xtra.co.nz SECRETARY Martin Taylor 24 Rangiora Avenue, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington Phone 04 470-7666 Email Porsche@globe.net.nz SOUTHERN REGION CHAIRMAN Keith Hunter 1/12 Heywood Terrace, Richmond, Christchurch 7391 Phone 03 366 4484 or Mobile 0274 355 220 Email kmacdh@xtra.co.nz SECRETARY Tom King 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025 Phone 03 339-8309 or Mobile 0275 880 767 Email the.king@xtra.co.nz NEW ZEALAND ROLLS-ROYCE & BENTLEY CLUB (INC) The Bentley badge and Bentley name are registered trademarks of Bentley Motors Limited. The Rolls-Royce badge and Rolls-Royce name are registered trademarks of Rolls-Royce plc. Membership MEMBERSHIP of the New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Inc is open to anyone with an interest in these two distinguished marques, whether or not they are the owner of a Rolls-Royce or Bentley. Your Membership SUBSCRIPTION includes the Club Magazine (6 issues annually), the right to attend all Club events and activities, and to partake in Club management. FEES: Registration Fee $ 10.00 (once only) Membership Fee $115.00 (annual, reduced to $100 for prompt payment) Family membership $ 5.00 (annual) CONTACT Membership Registrar NZ Rolls-Royce & Bentley Club, Inc Rob Carthew, 85A Wharewaka Road ,Taupo Phone: (07) 377 4117 Email: watcher@pl.net or www.nzrrbc.co.nz , then APPLICATION FORM Club Shop BOOKS From the Shadow’s Corner by Cal West, Product Support Manager, Rolls-Royce Motors Inc, USA. A compilation of technical articles, specific to the Silver Shadow and its derivatives, reprinted from The Flying Lady. We include a set of reprints of Know Your Silver Shadow from the Club magazine in recent years. $80 per copy including P & P. Silver Cloud/S Series Reprints 1955-1966: A compilation of technical articles from The Flying Lady specific to these cars. $20 per copy including P & P. CHASSIS RECORDS The Company’s Construction Records, which accompanied every Rolls-Royce and Bentley chassis (since 1931) through its production at Derby or Crewe, are a valuable resource for subsequent owners. They detail the original order, any special equipment, and the results of tests and inspections prior to dispatch. The records for all cars over 10 years old are held by the RREC in the UK, and copies are available to members of that Club. The number of pages for early cars may be up to 20 or more. Records for a Silver Shadow can amount to even more pages and cost around $NZ150. To obtain a copy of your car’s records, contact the Club’s Post WW2 Technical Liaison Officer, Roy Tilley, on 04 566 0850 e-mail rmt@xtra.co.nz ADVERTISING – pages 17 to 23 Classified advertisements pertaining to Rolls-Royce and Bentley are free to Financial Members who do not deal regularly in Rolls-Royce or Bentley cars or services. All classified advertisements must be submitted to the Editor, Tom King, Phone 03 3398 309, e-mail the.king@xtra.co.nz 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025. Commercial advertisements will be the subject to a charge to the advertiser. Colour advertisements are charged at $220 per half page and $300 for full page, payable to the NZRR&BC Inc. Sister Clubs Many of us belong to several motoring clubs, ranging from the Automobile Association to perhaps the Zundapp Fanciers’ Club, and including along the way the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand; the oldest established British clubs, The Veteran Car Club, The Vintage Sports Car Club, and The Bentley Drivers Club; and our sister clubs, The Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia, The Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club in Britain, and The Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club in America. All these clubs produce excellent magazines, and your editor is lucky enough to receive our sister clubs’ publications on behalf of our Club on a quid pro quo basis. They are held in the bit of the library which is at 191 Sparks Road, Christchurch 8025, and a SAE will have copies speeding to anyone interested. Otherwise, the current strength of our dollar might make membership of other clubs more practicable than usual, and membership of the RREC is £87 annually, plus £30 one-off joining fee. The Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club in North America has made the following announcement, through Sabu Advani, the editor of the RROC’s The Flying Lady. “Digital Memberships - The Virtual Way to Go! Members outside of North America are NOW eligible to join the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club as an International Digital Member, at less than half of the cost of traditional club members—just $US30. This eliminates two key obstacles for overseas recipients of the magazine: shipping cost and transit time. “The exact details of this new programme are still being evaluated and may change once we have a better idea of what people desire. Meanwhile, contact RROC HQ www.rroc.org to sign up—and do tell your friends who might be interested in this new option but would have no way of learning about it unless you tell them. “In addition to The Flying Lady as a PDF file you will receive The Event Lady and the Luxury Travel Guide by email, and you will have full access to the RROC’s www.rroc.org website including the Discussion Forum which gives you instant, 24/7 access to advice and feedback from members worldwide on how to repair and restore your motorcar. Last but not least, this level of membership will also give you the opportunity to vote in RROC elections by email.” From the Rolls-Royce Owners’ Club of Australia we have received “Overseas Subscription for Præclarvm: Præclarvm is pleased to announce that it is now able to accept subscriptions directly from Overseas Rolls- Royce and Bentley enthusiasts. The cost is $A99 per annum worldwide (postage inclusive). All enquiries should be directed to: RROCA Præclarvm Overseas Subscription, the Treasurer, John Hiscox, 74 Rose Avenue, Wheeler Heights, NSW, Australia, 2097 or email: treasurer@rroc.org.au CLOSING DATE FOR NEXT MAGAZINE: Deadline for receipt of all material for Issue 12-3 is 22 May <strong>2012</strong>. Cover: Glynn Williams took this photograph of the only Derby Bentley to be delivered new to New Zealand, B193LE, when he and its new owner, Brian Cuthbert, paused outside “Braeburn” in Wanganui during their drive from Christchurch to Auckland in the late 1980s. NZRR&BC Issue 12-2 2
Well, it’s that time of year again when we gather for our Annual General Meeting. This time the Central Region has the responsibility of organising it, and Feilding has been chosen as a congenial meeting point in a part of New Zealand accessible by some fine roads. This magazine’s deadline means that there will be a bit of a scurry to get it into readers’ hands before Easter, but here’s hoping…. It has been established during the last few years for the National Chairmanship to last for two years, to give some continuity and also to not stagnate, while moving the Chairman’s base among the regions. For this concept your editor would like, once again, to thank Richard Hadfield for his wisdom in proposing his successor as a denizen of the Southern Region. The then Southern Region committee felt, before Richard’s Chairmanship starting in 2008, that its views were not being considered. He negotiated with them, to not very much avail, and was instrumental in rejuvenating the Southern Region, also attending events down here. As a master stroke Richard then nominated Michael Midgley, a well known and respected Southern Region member, to ensure that whatever issues concerned Southern Region members would be dealt with. Michael’s two years at the helm have now passed, and he is ready to hand over to his successor. An editor should work closely with the Chairman and the National Committee, while staying outside the decision-making process, and the harmonious relationship we have all had has made this editor’s task particularly easy. Long may it continue. Thank you, Michael, for your dynamism, tempered with wisdom and acumen. At this time your editor would like to thank our advertisers, contributors, supporters, readers, and our printers for the help Hi Tom An exchange I found amusing might be worth mentioning in the newsletter: After picking up my ‘new’ Arnage T (see my photograph taken in Auckland) my friend Peter Harris and I spent the next fortnight chasing various motoring events round the North Island. We visited the VCC Rally at Wanganui, took in a classic race meeting at Hampton Downs and finished up at the Riley Rally at Hawera, where we encountered surely the best value cabin anywhere in the country, a snip at $30 for the night. Cabins? Well yes. Why not? This was a BOYS’ trip. No mamby pamby motels for us. We don’t mind spending money on petrol but Accommodation? Our $30 cabin looked exactly the same as a $130 motel room when our eyes were shut. One chap at the camp was showing some interest in the car and started running through a list of popular boy racer modifications that he’d make to my Arnage if it were his. As mine’s the ‘T’ (twin turbo) version it had most of them anyway but I did find it Clive and Julie Wood 2 Mayfair Crescent Mairangi Bay Auckland 0630 (09) 478 2046 (021) 478 661 woodclan@ihug.co.nz 1992 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit SCA2502A8NCH44551 Mainland Comment Letter to the Editor New Members given freely. For such a small club to be able to produce a magazine such as ours is almost an indulgence, and here again our thanks are due to Richard Hadfield, who proposed the 24-page, A4 all colour format. This size means that a great deal more content can be included, and in turn makes the editor’s role much easier as we try to avoid the “two minutes’ silence,” club magazine, for the digestion of, syndrome. Ian and Anne Scoggins have been members of our Southern Region for several years, as they enjoyed their life of endless summers between Britain and New Zealand. We are sorry to report that health concerns have constrained their activities this summer, and thought that Ian’s letter to Rob Carthew should be published here. We have enjoyed their presence here every summer, and hope that we will see them later this year. They will continue to receive our magazine in pdf form. Dear Rob, Many thanks for your e-mail. I’m sorry I have not replied earlier but I have been in and out of hospital. We have sold our house in Christchurch and now live permanently in U.K. We will probably visit NZ every other year, and I still have our Corniche stored with Bruce McIlroy. I will probably sell it after our next visit. I have therefore decided that I will resign from the New Zealand Rolls-Royce and Bentley Club, as I will not be able to take part in any of the club activities. I have very much enjoyed being a member and I wish you all the best for the future. With best wishes, Ian necessary to pass comment when he mentioned the 3” twin exhaust he’d fit the car with. He stopped in his tracks when I asked him why he’d make the exhaust system smaller. Cheers, Malcolm Graham Geoff, Bridget, Bella and Minnie Edwards 12 Oxford St Lyttelton 8082 (0274) 338 452 tubehead@xtra.co.nz 1951 Bentley Mark VI Standard Steel Saloon B361LH In June 2013 the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club is organising a Centenary Celebration of the Rolls-Royce success in the 1913 Alpine Trials. Their Past Chairman, Tony James, writes: “If you or any of your colleagues would like further information, please contact the prime organiser of the rally, who is Len Meades - e-mail lenmeades@btinternet.com or Tel: +44 (0)1346 730 373.” NZRR&BC Issue 12-2 3
Page 1: New Zealand Rolls-Royce & Bentley C
Page 5 and 6: (left and above) John King’s phot
Page 7 and 8: B166FB, engine H5BY, Park Ward Salo
Page 9 and 10: Dr Ian Johnstone’s image of B118L
Page 11 and 12: en route in the Carmargue, was aske
Page 13 and 14: trip of three more or less equal da
Page 15 and 16: The Opening of the Rolls-Royce Show
Page 17 and 18: FOR SALE: 1960 Rolls-Royce Silver C
Page 19 and 20: Provenance The Rolls-Royce Motor Ca
Page 21 and 22: COLGRAY MOTORS Rolls Royce & Bentle
Page 23 and 24: BRUCE MCILROY LTD Authorised Bentle

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