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1 The Official Newsletter of VINTAGE VEHICLE TOURING ENTHUSIASTS INC. Moto Media Disclaimer The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Club's Committee or its Editor. The information in this newsletter is published in good faith and for general information purpose only.

2 Committee Members for 2018/2019 are: President Spencer Yarrow Secretary Geoff Adcock Treasurer Elaine Pakeman Dating Officer Jeff Cox Graham Allum Editor Janet Smith Website Manager Peter Wilkinson Website: Vintage Vehicle Touring Enthusiasts (vvte.com.au) Check the Website for more photos! VVTE Calendar DATE CLUB & INVITATION EVENTS CONTACT March 23rd/24th Crows Nest weekend Graham April 19th - 21st QHMC Northern Rally-Mackay July 6th AGM & run Venue & run TBA July 21st All American Day Maritime Museum VCCQ invitation October 5th December 23rd Lockyers Woodcrafters Open Day Christmas & Three Wise Men Lunch PRESIDENT S REPORT Jan-Feb 2019 A good turnout for our 1st meeting for 2019, I hope it continues. Thanks go to Betty and Pat for organising our day and lunch venue, which was excellent. The changes to the Sivs Rego in mind are excellent. They allow us to use our cars, not only on club events, but also allow us to use them at other times. If you are not sure how it works check out the QHMC website for details. Our next event will be a weekend away being organised by Graham in Crows Nest. Details in the mag as to where to book so get in and book your accommodation and then let Graham know that you will be attending. The AGM is coming up 6th July, so give some thought to a committee position and then the following day will be our Invitation run to The American Day at the Maritime Museum in Brisbane. There has been a clash with booking dates at the museum, new date 21st July. Spencer Yarrow President VVTE Inc. EDITOR'S REPORT FRONT COVER- Phil & Jo Hudson's Rugby. Up to the upholstery stage now. Phil & Jo purchased this car from the Ipswich district some years ago - in a million pieces. Phil would like a any club members to drop in and see the car up close. He would value opinions & feedback on his resto so far. I am indebted to several contributors this issue, namely Spencer, fento, Peter & Graham - thank you all. Happy Reading, Janet

3 Vintage Vehicle Touring Enthusiasts Inc. General Meeting Sunday 10th February Meeting opened 9:55 AM. At Edith Maud Park Coominya Members as per Attendance book, Visitors. Lincoln & Marilyn. Apologies as per attendance book, 5. Minute s Last meeting held 4th November, At Headley & Barbara s at Highfields. Moved, Sandra, Seconded Barbara, and Carried. Business arising, Nil. Correspondence In: - from V.C.C.Q, Was sent to Secretary and bounced, had one capital letter instead of all lower case. Regarding a date claimer in July, American Day. Correspondence Out: Nil. Reports. President: Report will be in the Magazine. Reports, Treasurer: Elaine moved, seconded by Betty, Carried, Books match Bank Statement. Editor: Everything is OK. Any new members? Ken Elliot, Moved Dave, seconded Pat, all accepted Ken as a new member. Web Master. All up to date There is now a V.V.T E. Calendar & Club Forms on the site. Keep photos coming for Peter to add to our V.V.T.E. site. Dating Officers: Jeffry (? not at meeting), and Graham Nil. General Business: A report that a Mr Poole wanted to join our club at a meeting last year and has not heard anything from us. A search of the sign on book and meeting minutes did not show him as a visitor. Warren offered to follow up and contact him for any details. Impromptu Runs, was discussed, it was suggested that each to get in touch with Doug Young at QHMC, or go to the QHMC site and read all the details there. Our Club has agreed to pay for another 2 years for our V.V.T.E internet site name. The club will be looking at setting up a Closed Group Facebook page, keep watching this space as more details will be coming. Graham A will check out and report at next meeting. We could then use the Facebook page for runs, impromptu runs, Club events ETC, it could become like an (Electronic Rally Director!). Run by a few club moderators. You will only be able to join if you are a V.V.T.E. club member. No other people would see anything. It was brought to the clubs notice that QHMC has an issue over the last few years with their books, for more information go to the QHMC site and read all their minutes. QHMC Northern Rally is at Mackay, Gerry and Janet along with a few others are going, anyone thinking of attending can tag along with them. Give them a ring for details. Betty reminded our club, to keep in mind of other Clubs events, when we are planning any of our runs, we don t want to clash with other events. Sec will do a list, Peter to put on WEB page. Phil Hudson s vehicle is coming along well, club could do a run to Brisbane and pay him a visit. Peter is going to check out our Club shirts, he is looking for a long sleeved one, possible changes to what we have, he will give details after checking, keep watching this space. Graham A is planning a run for 23/24 March This is an overnight stop-over. The run will be to Crow s Nest, visit the Historic village with morning tea, at $5.00 pp. then to a restaurant for lunch, with tours and other points of interest. Graham will give all the costings, Motels, Caravan Parks, ETC, so then everyone can do their own bookings. Keep watching this space. Next meeting will be at the Crow s Nest run in March Meeting closed 10:55AM. Geoff Adcock Secretary, Spencer Yarrow, President.

4 Coominya to Esk run - 10th February Peter took some great photos, more on website Phil & Jo Hudson's Rugby tourer

5 NEXT EVENT - VVTE Weekend run March 23/24, This weekend run is to Crows Nest. Meet at Lockyer Valley Cultural Centre, Gatton planning for a AM departure. We will travel to Toowoomba for lunch at the Blue Mountain Hotel. From there we will travel to the Crows Nest Caravan Park where we will stay the night. Please phone to book your accommodation, but tell them you are with VVTE as I have block booked the cabins. PH Depending on which cabin you opt for prices range from $99. If we fill the available accommodation at the Crows Nest Caravan Park, there is the Crows Nest Motel across the road, Evening meal and breakfast will be at the restaurant in the parkhttps:// There is also a room available if we want a meeting Saturday afternoon. After breakfast we will going to the Crows Nest Historical Village($10 per head entry) where we will be supplied morning tea ($5 per person) and Lunch ($10 per person) as per the menu below. Please let me know numbers by March 8, as I will confirm those before the event. Thanks, Graham or green.model.a@gmail.com

Last issue I posted an Ad for Templar Car on the back page. Following, is a brief history on the manufacture of the car. Ever hear of the Templar? It was the only automobile built in Lakewood, Ohio.

from 1917 to 1924, it was manufactured on a 20-acre site south of Athens Avenue to the former New York Central Railroad tracks, between Halstead and Clarence avenues.

Management took the name Templar from a military order founded in Jerusalem by the crusaders about 1118. It chose the Maltese cross as the car's emblem.

7 Last issue I posted an Ad for Templar Car on the back page. Following, is a brief history on the manufacture of the car. Ever hear of the Templar? It was the only automobile built in Lakewood, Ohio. A small, fourcylinder car made by Templar Motors Corp. from 1917 to 1924, it was manufactured on a 20-acre site south of Athens Avenue to the former New York Central Railroad tracks, between Halstead and Clarence avenues. Templar Motors was formed by a group of Cleveland investors in 1916, with production starting the following year. Management took the name Templar from a military order founded in Jerusalem by the crusaders about It chose the Maltese cross as the car's emblem. The Templar was known in the automotive trade as a high quality 'small car.' The corporation's main building, a three-story brick, concrete and steel structure with 300,000 square feet of floor space, still stands at Athens Ave. It now houses 16 tenants, the largest of which is Lake Erie Screw Products Co. Three of Templar's original officers - President M. F. Bramley, Vice President W. J. Hunkin and Treasurer D. C. Reed - were prominent in Lakewood community affairs. Their factory complex cost $2.5 million, a whole lot of money then. Plant capacity was 5,000 cars a year, though production was never in excess of a third of that. Actually, total output during Templar's short span on the market was only 6,000 units. Nevertheless, the automobile that was advertised as "The Superfine Small Car" had a fair-sized sales organization for its time. A 1920 company financial statement boasted of 106 dealerships and distribution centers in 32 states and 15 foreign countries. The plant turned out 1,850 cars that year, placing it sixth among Cleveland-area automakers and l5th in the United States among manufacturers outside the Detroit area. There were four models initially - a sedan, a touring car and two sporty versions. At the outset they cost from $1,985 to $2,255. The most eye-catching entry was a touring-roadster introduced in 1921 and priced at $2,885. Two Lakewood-made Templars - a touring car and a Sportette roadster, circa are shown in front of the marble home built by Templar Motors President M. F. Bramley on Harbor View Drive, off Edgewater Drive. Photo from Western Reserve Historical Society

8 A single chassis was used for the entire product line; the bodies were built to the company's specifications and under their supervision by the Lang Body Company, the Ohio Blower Company and the Rubay Co. The factory handled all final assembly operations and made its own engine, a four-cylinder, overhead-valve design that developed 43 horsepower and was considered more efficient than the majority of American engines of the period. Most of the car's parts were produced by supplier firms. The company advertised its excellent gas mileage, powerful engines, abilities to climb any hill it encountered, and low oil use. Great attention was paid to every detail. The body was given 27 coats of paint. Standard on the five-passenger touring car and four-passenger "sportette" model were an inspection light (powered by the car's battery), an electric horn, a tire pump and hose that was powered by the car's engine, windshield wiper, a complete toolkit including a jack, and a locking ignition. The Templar Roadsters also came equipped with a Kodak 3A camera and a compass. These were features available as "extras" from other manufacturers, if they were available at all. Lakewoodite Vernon Lieblein, 87, recalls working for Templar Motors as a teenager during the summers of 1917 and 1918, first as a service mechanic, later on the assembly line and finally as a helper in the experimental department. One of his last assignments was to assist in building a special Templar for a famous race driver of the day, E. G. "Cannonball" Baker, who had a promotional tie-in with the company. Cannonball would challenge all comers to match his Templar in speed, economy, endurance and reliability, and he set numerous records. "The car I worked on for him was stripped down and fenderless, and had a top speed of 46 miles per hour, a velocity that was nothing to sneeze at during that infant period in auto history," Lieblein remembered. "In 1919 he drove it from New York City to Los Angeles in four and a half days - a remarkable feat, considering the atrocious roads of the day. We even put a battleship steel plate under the car to prevent engine damage while crossing rockstrewn Arizona. "Cannonball was a big hulk of a man, 6 foot 6 and weighing 250 pounds," Lieblein said. "Just before he set out, he told me he had slept for two whole days so that he would have the energy to complete the run." Newly built Templars were put through their paces on a quarter-mile oval test track the company operated adjacent to the west side of its main plant. Cornelius Mahall, 75-year-old proprietor of Mahall's Twenty Lanes in Lakewood, grew up near the Templar factory and fondly remembers the test track. "Watching through the fence, as a 5-year-old kid, I was fascinated by the cars circling around," he recalled. But all was not beer and skittles for the fledgling car company. In 1920 it began hurting badly from the post-world War I depression, difficulty in obtaining parts and growing competition from other carmakers. Henry Ford, for example, at times sold his "Tin Lizzie" Model T for less than $300. Then, on Dec. 13, 1921, a fire broke out, and only the main fireproof building that remains today withstood the blaze. Damage loss, estimated between $250,000 and $300,000, doesn't appear particularly great by today's standards but was crippling 67 years ago. Although Templar rebounded and was producing at a rate of eight cars a day by April 1922, more problems surfaced. Severe financial losses as well as stockholder controversies soon beset the company. Finally, in the fall of 1924, Templar defaulted on payment of a substantial loan and was taken over by a Cleveland bank. Production halted and failure of the company caused about 20,000 investors to lose a total of $6 million, a sum that today, with the effects of inflation, would amount to more than $42 million. Lakewood Lore. This article appeared in the Lakewood Sun Post March 9, 1989.

9 Who's got the steering wheel? Some older automotive options, ads & suggestions. Some of man's greatest ideas or not. This little hint comes from Popular Science 1963.

10 ...and more... Wheel ants??? If you've had a problem with wheel ants, I'm sure we'd all like to hear about it. In the meantime, here's the remedy... thanks fento. More next issue.

Having only one dollar left, she goes to the telegraph office and finds out that it costs one dollar per word. She is stumped on how to tell the blonde to bring the truck and trailer.

11 A blonde and a redhead have a ranch. They have just lost their bull. The women need to buy another, but only have $500. The redhead tells the blonde, "I will go to the market and see if I can find one for under that amount. If I can, I will send you a telegram." She goes to the market and finds one for $499. Having only one dollar left, she goes to the telegraph office and finds out that it costs one dollar per word. She is stumped on how to tell the blonde to bring the truck and trailer. Finally, she tells the telegraph operator to send the word "comfortable." Skeptical, the operator asks, "How will she know to come with the trailer from just that word?" The redhead replies, "She's a blonde so she reads real slow: 'Come for ta bull.'" Salmon Flan I n g r e d i e n t s 4 eggs 1/2 cup sour cream 415 grams pink salmon 1/2 cup parmesan cheese I n s t r u c t i o n s 1. Preheat oven to 180 C. 2. Line a 22cm pie dish with baking paper. 3. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. 4. Add the sour cream, season with cracked pepper and whisk to combine. 5. Add the salmon and Parmesan and mix well. 6. Pour into the prepared dish. Bake for 30 minutes.

12 Contributed. Thanks Spencer.

Peter Wilkinson is doing a rebuild on the engine in Rosie

out how to put the engine all together again!

Six Roadster, behind it to the left is an Advanced Six 7 Seater

13 Peter Wilkinson is doing a rebuild on the engine in Rosie (Essex) Gerry straightening my conrods - so now I have to work out how to put the engine all together again! Nash Automobile Showroom In the foreground is an Advanced Six Roadster, behind it to the left is an Advanced Six 7 Seater Sedan - same as the one owned by Gerry & Janet Smith The complete Nash range is on display.

The Official Newsletter of VINTAGE VEHICLE TOURING ENTHUSIASTS INC. Moto Media

The Official Newsletter of VINTAGE VEHICLE TOURING ENTHUSIASTS INC. Moto Media Disclaimer The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Club's Committee or its Editor. The information