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AVCMC Fanmail
October 2016
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From The Driver's Seat
By Joe Janssens
This
month’s fun run was a Photo Run which ended with a braai in
Bathurst at the Ploughman.
Judging
from the participants comments, it was a real fun event which was
again well attended with 13 cars starting on Sunday morning
from the Museum. Thank you Rob for organising it. I did
unfortunately not attend this events as I was In Johannesburg
representing the club at the SAVVA AGM.
The
3rd Thursday Hamburger evening was certainly
successful once again. Our resident cook Rob couldn’t keep up
with supplying the large hungry contingent of members and their
spouses with his legendry Burgers. All his stock was depleted..
Maggie
spoiled us once again with her delicious chocolate brownies.
Believe
it or not but Christmas is again around the corner and the
committee is in the process of planning your Christmas treat.
Cheers
Joe
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Through The
Windscreen
(This is what lies ahead)
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For Your Diary
Thursday 13 Oct - 5 to 8pm -
Motoring DVD at the Noggin
Joe Janssens presents a motoring DVD
Thursday 20 Oct - 5 to 8pm - Supper night
Menu to be advised
Saturday 29 Oct - 9 to 12noon -
AVCMC Museum
Bring your friends and old cars and see the next item for the
lunch plan
Saturday 29 Oct - 12noon - Outing
to Stanleys for lunch
Depart immediately after the Museum closes at 12 noon.
Going to Stanleys, about 3km from Kenton on the Salem road. Go
straight there if you prefer, to be there by 12h30ish. Bring
about R75 for lunch plus cash for drinks. I hear that Rodney is
offering a bottle of Scotch to raffle.
Sunday 27 Nov - morning - Breakfast
at Fish River Sun
Eat as much as you like. R150 per person plus a tip. Spend the
day on the beach or walking about. This will be our Christmas
event.
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SUBS are Overdue
Subs were due by the AGM in July. Regrettably some members have
still not paid up. Please check with Shirley if you think you
have paid. R150 for full members and R60 for Associates. There
has been no increase for a few years now.
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Birthday Congratulations -
October
3 Shirley Martin
7 Charles Devenish
10 George Guest
13 Dax Wilmot
16 Hennie Nel
19 Dean Samuel
22 Patrick Schreiber
24 Peter Viner
30 Mike Legg
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Kowie
Brake & Clutch
Kowie Brake and
Clutch still caters for all your braking, hydraulic and clutch
requirements.
We now also have an engineering workshop in which
we can manufacture a range of to spec items. We also build
trailers, bowling green polishers and cricket pitch rollers.
For these latest products visit www.facebook.com/protearollers
Contact us on: 046 636 1156 kowiebrake@telkomsa.net
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The Dashboard
(This is going on right now)
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2017 Calendar
Rob Wallis has agreed to put together a Club Calendar.
Here is what YOU have to do, if you want your car included:
Please email a picture of your car to Rob as soon as possible. It
does not have to be very high resolution but the picture must be
sharp and clear. If you, or your friends, are unable to do that,
please contact Rob and arrange a time and place for him to
photograph your car. Include the owner or family as you like - as
long as the car is the main feature.
Please do this ASAP as the end of the year is nigh.
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Found
Rob Wallis has found his car polishing kit - you
will recall that it was advertised in this newsletter a few
months ago, with no response from the unknown member thought to
have borrowed it. Indeed, it was found when he was tidying up so
as to get his son's double cab into his garage. Many thanks to
the member who managed to slip past his security system and bury
it under a pile of kit......
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On The Lighter Side
Sent in by Mike Newlands
Only An Aussie Can Make You
Feel Like A Woman.
A plane passed
through a severe storm. The turbulence was awful, and things
went from bad to worse when one wing was struck by
lightning. One woman lost it completely. She stood up
in the front of the plane and screamed, 'I'm too young to
die,' she cried. Then she yelled, 'If I'm going to die, I
want my last minutes on earth to be memorable! Is there
anyone on this plane who can make me feel like a
WOMAN?'
For a moment,
there was silence. Everyone stared at the desperate woman
in the front of the plane. Then the man from Australia stood
up in the rear of the plane. He was handsome, tall,
well built, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Slowly, he
started to walk up the aisle, unbuttoning his shirt as he
went, one button at a time.
No one moved. He removed his shirt. Muscles rippled across his
chest.
She gasped...
Then, he spoke...
'Iron this --
and then get me a beer'
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The Rear View
Mirror
(Past Events)
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Fun Run To Bathurst
by Ron Gush
It
was a lovely day to take out the old cars. We got away from
Kenton a bit late but made it to the Museum in just under 20
minutes. The little Spitfire is going very nicely but I am not
about to print what the speedo was reading!
It was good to see Des and Joy Hill at the start, even if it was
only for a few minutes.
There was a very good turn out at the pre-briefing: 13 teams
entered, 10 of them in old cars. Rob handed out 3 sheets of
colour photos and 3 road maps with routes highlighted.
Competitors were required to mark the positions of the
29 photos on the maps. It was, at first sight, quite daunting
trying to memorise (some of us can't even spell that, let alone
do it!) 29 pictures. But as we progressed and applied the odd
grey cell here and there, things began to take shape. There
was a bit of back tracking - "Ah, didn't we see that pic
back there?". There was no time limit, other than your
impending thirst.
Everyone ended up at The Ploughman and there was much discussion
and ragging over a beer or two. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed
the event.
Results were announced:
Keith and Barbara won getting 24 pictures right.
Ron and Pam second with 23 - not bad considering that the
Spitfire provides us with a worm's eye view of the world!
Alastair and Christine third with 21 and I can't recall the rest
and anyway nobody seemed particularly concerned.
Braaiing got under way rather slowly. Huge logs on the fire
burned and produced coals at an agricultural rate. That was until
Roger took over and gingered things up with some thinner
wood which got things going nicely. (Did we burn all of the
kindling?)
Well done and many thanks to Rob Wallis and his son Simon
for organising a really fun event. This type of event takes a lot
of preparation and this is greatly appreciated. It was a most
enjoyable day.
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Two
beauties at the start: MGA belonging to Mike and Doreen Legg and
MGTD belonging to Dave and Delene Hawkins
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George and
Mike at the start
Simon and Rob scoring the
results
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Shirley, Bill, George, Maggie, Britney, Dave, Jackie
and Peter
at The Ploughman
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In The Boot
(Useful Baggage and Tools that we need
for the trip)
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Hey Members!
Are you dudes aware of this veritable mine of
information?
SAVVA Technical Tips
Copyright © 2010 by SAVVA · All Rights reserved
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E-Mail: info@savva.org.za
· Website: www.savva.org.za
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Classic & Sports Car Insurance Placements
“We Drive Classic Cars”
We insure them with Great Care.
Tel: 031 701 0226 l Cell: 082 781 4410
Email: pat@smythebros.com
A Division of Smythe Financial Services cc Authorised FSP No.
16054
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Austin Cambridge for sale
1960.
Non-runner. In Pretoria. R5000 or nearest offer.
Contact Bill Martin on 071 509 0169 or click here
to email him. 2/3
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Repairs to Starters and Generators
Keith
Schroeder is an expert on starter motors, generators, regulators
and alternators and is offering to help members with any problems
they may have.
Contact him on 082 412 3778.
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Car Magazines
Dave Hawkins
has several boxes of old Car Magazines. Any member interested can
collect them from Dave - otherwise they will be advertised for
sale.
Click here
to email Dave or phone him on 082 453 2618.
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Committee
Chairman:
Joe
Janssens 083 235 1101
Vice-Chairman
and Events Co-ordinator: Rob
Wallis 082 334 0354
Secretary / Treasurer:
Shirley Martin 071 675 4570
Clubhouse Manager:
Peter Viner 046
624 3552 or 082 831 5769
Grahamstown Rep:
Norbert Drager 046 622 6282 or 072 765
6448
Fanmail Editor:
Ron Gush
046 648 3186 or 083 272 1961
Members:
Keith Schroeder 046 624 4114 or 082 412 3378
Roger Darkes
046 624 2874 or 082 373 8181
Other
portfolio holders:
OD Inggs Co-ordinator:
George Armstrong 072 347 0924
SAVVA rep and Vehicle Dating: Des Hill
083 228 6774
assisted by:
Dave Hawkins 046 624 2215 or 082 453 2618
Webmaster:
John
Austin-Williams (contact via Ron Gush for web
content)
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Tailpipe - My Feel Good Thursday
by Ron Gush
While
we were away, I got an email from Derek Elliott (Owner of
Speedyquip in PE) to say that one of his customers had a
1936 Morris 10 engine, gearbox and diff. Derek was on the
Milligan with us and thought the parts might fit my car. I
replied that my car is an Austin and he responded that it
might be an Austin, but he was not sure. I contacted Gerrie and
some confusion ensued as to whether it was an Austin or a Morris.
But he was going to dump it if no-one wanted it. No way!
On Thursday, a day after we got back from Joburg, I hot-footed
down to PE to check out this engine. These things are mighty
scarce and a spare engine, gearbox and diff would be a wonderful
find. Well, it turned out to be for a Morris 10, which
was disappointing. But Gerrie was only too happy for me to
take it off him and clear space in his back yard.
Pam viewed this lump of rusty metal in the bakkie with some
concern and trepidation. She was wondering, for how long would
this remain a feature in our garden?
The same Thursday, I was at the club noggin and spoke to
Mike Legg, thinking that, as chief trader in all things Morris,
he was the most likely guy to know of a home for these parts. But
Rob Mears overheard our chat and was amazed to hear that I had a
Morris 10 engine in my bakkie outside. He said that it is almost
identical to the MG TD engine, and he is currently rebuilding a
TD. We went out to the bakkie and he confirmed that it is the
same engine. Only the manifolds are different and there are
slight mods to the head. We arranged that I deliver it to Rob on
the morrow.
So I never even unloaded it at home. Thus some useful
parts were salvaged from the scrap yard and I made
three happy chappies. Three? Pam was relieved
that it never even came close to featuring in
our garden!
Just to cap the intrigue, this newsletter has been
advertising that same engine for the past 3 months, with
pictures, although I didn't figure that until I saw it.
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