Northern Rivers Vintage & Veteran Car Club Inc.

Northern Rivers Vintage & Veteran Car Club Inc. March 2018 Studebaker owned by Bill McPherson On display during the Evans Head Fly In

Web Site; www.shannons.com.au/club/carclubs/northern-rivers-vintage-veteran-car-club-inc-1 P.O. Box 122, Lismore, NSW 2480 FOUNDATION MEMBERS : Mr. Bob Trevan & Mr. Graham Fitzgerald LIFE MEMBERS ; George Hobbs, Norman Clapham, Doug Campbell, Narelle Middleton, Marie Johnston, Robyn Hayward, Robert Lovell PRESIDENT Chris Loadsman 0417630244 chrisloadsman@optusnet.com.au VICE PRESIDENT Ben Clift 0266832448 SECRETARY Jillian Keys 0266223265 nrvvccsecretary@gmail.com TREASURER Eric Davison 026624 4537 COMMITTEE MEMBERS N Clapham, R Hawkins, A Johnston ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR Tom Johnston 0432418816 A/Hours 6pm-9pm PROPERTY OFFOCER Narelle Middleton 0266281207 LIBRARIAN/HISTORIAN Bob Trevan 0266 216389 KLAXON EDITOR Ron & Nancy Hambly 0266 244667 rha67675@bigpond.net.au REGISTRAR Lachlan Johnston 0410911294 A/Hours 6pm-9pm REGALIA OFFICER Lou Zambelli 0266 282544 WEB OFFICER John Hunt 0266612543 nrvvccweb@gmail.com Narelle Loadsman 0417630244 chrisloadsman@optusnet.com.au MEMBERSHIP OFFICER Fay Bryant 0413280270 fay.bryant@yahoo.com.au REGISTRATION OFFICER Garry Johnston 0266 291270 EVENTS COMMITTEE V Keys, B Clift, L Johnston, N Clapham PUBLIC OFFICER R Lovell 02 66219682 CATERING FOR ALL VEHICLES OLDER THAN 31 ST DECEMBER 1980 OF ORIGINAL DESIGN Visitors from other clubs passing through Lismore & Casino are always welcome at our club outings and meetings. Meetings of the club are the SECOND WEDNESDAY of each month at the LISMORE WORKERS CLUB, Keen Street, Lismore at 7.30pm. OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS MAGAZINE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE CLUB. GUIDELINES FOR CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION (CLUB PLATES) All NRVVCC members should familiarize themselves with the NSW RMS rules and club rules surrounding how to use your vehicles on Conditional registration, together with the requirement to carry certain documents in the vehicle whenever it is being used. If you are on the log book trial, the RMS issued log book must be completed by the member before you use the vehicle for anything other than NRVVCC club outings. Vehicles not on log book, the member should phone/email the secretary when a movement is needed for anything other than club outings. Any member with vehicles(s) conditionally registered through the NRVVCC and who do not attend a minimum of three club events per calendar year (not including registration day & meetings) may be asked by the committee to show cause as to why the club should sanction the renewal of their registration in the following year. The Club cannot afford the risk of the system being abused and the subsequent loss of the benefits of these worthwhile concessions for other Club members.

Lismore/ Casino NORTHERN RIVERS VINTAGE & VETERAN CAR CLUB INC. Established in 1960 P.O. Box 122, Lismore, 2480 Email: nrvvccsecretary@gmail.com MARCH 2018 APRIL 2018 4th - Club outing (m/tea & lunch) Crams Farm with Tweed & Gold Coast Clubs Depart 8.30am Clyde Campbell Car Park 7th Mid-week Muster- see details events - P & B Henson- RSVP - ASAP 14th Club Meeting 18th Ray Hicks & Fay Bryant M/tea 9.30am Clyde Campbell Car Park BBQ Lunch - Sausages/bread supplied by club (Nos. required at March meeting) 30th Good Friday th MAY 2018 th 2nd Easter Monday 5 & 6 Tweed Valley Vehicle Restorers Club Rally 9th Club Meeting 11th Club Meeting 15th Club Outing Ben Clift 25th ANZAC DAY 13th Mother s Day 20th - Alstonville Antiques Fair 27th 30th th Club Outing Tom Johnston Club Outing 26th Beef Week COMING EVENTS 18 March Ray Hicks & Fay Bryant Residence --BYO M/tea 9.30am Clyde Campbell Car Park... BBQ Lunch - Sausages/bread supplied by club (Nos. required at March meeting) Club Outing to Flemings Tractor Collection Ellangowan Sunday 15th April - 2018 Details Meet 8-20am for 8-30am departure from Clyde Campbell car park BYO morning tea Lunch & chairs. Travel through Tatham to Flemings property have morning tea and view collection travel on to Coraki for lunch on River Bank You may be able to purchase lunch at Coraki. We could meet Casino people at Tatham on the way. Further details at next meeting There will be gravel roads. Further details at next meeting Ben Clift phone 0402421565

Inaugural NRVVCC Midweek Muster The Inaugural NRVVCC Midweek Muster was approved at the 681st meeting of the Club Wednesday 14th Feb 2018. The proposal was supported by a majority of members at the meeting. The first Muster will be held at Ballina Marine Rescue and Communications Centre located on the edge of the northern breakwater at the mouth of the mighty Richmond River. Simply look for a tower. Drive to Ballina to arrive at the tower car park at 9.45 am. You may bring a Club registered car or your daily drive. The date of the outing is Wednesday 7th March 2018. At 10am a tour of the Communications centre will be offered. This involves climbing about 200 steps into the control room.some may choose to use the Lift. At about 11am tea, coffee, sangers and scones prepared by the BMR Volunteers will be offered at the lower level. For catering purposes RSVP ASAP A donation of $5:00, PER HEAD, will demonstrate our appreciation of the work of local Volunteers. We will not form a convoy to drive to Ballina in respect of road safety. Likewise, we will simply disperse after the outing, although some have expressed a desire to take lunch in Ballina. This might be discussed. This is recognised as a Club outing. NRVVCC Members are requested to contact Peter or Bev Henson 0427340677, E Mail OCTANE1@BIGPOND.COM with comments/suggestions for future Musters. This initiative will only be successful if NRVVCC Members support it with suggestions and feedback. The next Muster could be in a month's time, April, if we are supportive of the initiative. P & B Henson, Numulgi. For catering purposes RSVP ASAP

Northern Rivers Vintage & Veteran Car Club Inc. Meeting No. 631 14 th February 2018 Held at Lismore Workers Club 7.30pm President C Loadsman opened the meeting and welcomed all in attendance. MEMBERS PRESENT: J Keys, R Hayward, R & M Lovell, A Daffy, K Daffy, R Johnston, R Stuckey, J Gill, T Prodger, R Byrnes, B Trevan, P & B Henson, R & K Guest, B McPherson, G & L Campbell, G & S Gill, N Middleton, A Keys, W Colley, B Clapham, N Clapham, M Murray, C & N Loadsman, R Hawkins, R Siewert, P Polglase, R & N Hambly, B Johnson APOLOGIES: V, J & B Keys, J Hunt, R Hick, F Bryant, G & C Lowrey, J Hayward, M Rixon, M Johnston, J, S, K & K Clapham, L & A Zambelli, D Johnson VISITORS/NEW MEMBERS: Mike West (1952 Belvedere) MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING: It was moved R Lovell second N Middleton they be accepted as correct. Carried. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES: A Keys enquired as to why some Minutes missing from the last Klaxon. He can t remember exactly what was said, but he wanted it noted that he spoke about W Keys being disappointed that he was advised that his registration papers would not be signed due to his non-compliance with the 3 event rule. J Keys would also like it to be known that, subsequently to the December meeting, W Keys was advised he would be given registration, as his personal circumstances for the last year have been explained and accepted by the President. INWARD CORRESPONDENCE: 1. Magazines from various clubs by mail and email 2. Invitation to Callide Dawson Machinery Preservation Club Bi-Annually Rally Biloela, QLD 20-22 July 2018 3. Letter from John Miller resigning from Club 4. Invitation from Alstonville Rotary Club to Antique & Collectables Fair 19 th & 20 th May 2018 5. Shannons Auction Brochure OUTWARD CORRESPONDENCE: 1. Minutes to Ron & Nancy MOVEMENTS: R Stuckey It was moved S Gill second R Hawkins that correspondence be accepted and dealt with accordingly. Carried. TREASURERS REPORT: E Davison gave a detailed financial report to the end of January 2018. He also noted the signatories on the bank accounts are in the process of being changed to reflect the new Committee. It was moved E Davison second R Stuckey that accounts be paid and the report be accepted as correct. Carried ACTIVITIES REPORT: Past Events: 7 th January Evans Head Fly-In 14 th January Wollongbar Tavern Coming Events: 18 th February Outing to Lennox Head, being organised by G Campbell. Meet at Clyde Campbell Car Park at 9.00am, morning tea at Bexhill Hall, then to Lennox Head for lunch at Bowling Club. Meals approx. $18.00 4 th March Outing to Cramms Farm, leaving from Clyde Campbell Car Park at 8.30am, straight out to the Farm. BBQ to be provided by Club (BYO salad) 18 th March Outing to Ray Hicks property, meeting at Clyde Campbell Car Park at 9.30am, morning tea in the Car Park, the straight out to Ray s place at Bangalow P Henson moved a motion that he arrange a mid-week outing during the year Second R Seiwart. Peter suggested that the run be centered around something educational or cultural. Suggestion that it be held on the first Wednesday of every second month and that such mid-week run be tested for a period of perhaps 6 months. Peter has planned the first run to take place on 7 th March 2018 to Ballina. Meeting at the Coastguard Control Tower at 9.45am with a lunch provided by the Ladies Auxiliary for $5.00 per head. Peter and Beverley

are happy to run the events, but support from members is vital. Peter can be contacted on 0427 340 677 or by email on octane1@bigpond.com. P Polglase suggested it be named the Mid-Week Muster RALLY: B Clift has been appointed Rally Director. Alstonville Showground is now unavailable for lunch on the Saturday. Will need thoughts regarding available Halls in the area and will then plan that day s run around that. PROPERTY OFFICER: Nothing to report all items in the Shed WEBMASTER: Not present LIBRARIAN/HISTORIAN: Attendance down, probably due to the heat KLAXON NEWS EDITOR: Klaxon going well CLUB REGISTRAR: Not present REGISTRATION OFFICER: Not present CLUB REGALIA: Not present GENERAL BUSINESS: N Hambly thanked everyone for their cooking and best wishes for Ron s 80 th. R Hambly said he was overwhelmed with the attendance by Club members E Davison has bought another Rover and has made himself a sign for the back of the car saying My other car is a Rover too! Eric s niece has given him a book she found in relation to the 20 millionth Ford. The book also tells the story of a lady who purchased 2 78 El Dorados as she was a big Elvis fan, drove one 58 miles home, sealed it up and left it sitting there until recently when it was uncovered by a relative and sold. R Stuckey attended the RMS recently to obtain a new Certificate of Approved Operation as he had lost his. As is usually the case, after he obtained the new one, he found the old one in his paperwork. He then went back to the RMS who was nice enough to refund the $22 that he had paid. B Trevan read a portion of the initial Club Constitution regarding the inspection of vehicles to allow registration to be obtained. Bob has trouble attending the rego days with all his cars and is tired of the rumour mill surrounding him not attending our rego days. He suggests that the Constitution be updated to make some alternative arrangements in the event G Johnston is no longer able to conduct the registration checks. P Polglase advised he is a member of the Sydney MG Club and he is able to obtain a Pink Slip and post the documents to the Secretary in Sydney and has his rego signed off that way. B Trevan was advised that he could take the vehicles to an authorised inspector and pay for each pink slip. C Loadsman advised that the Registration Officer is appointed at each AGM and they are not required to be an authorised inspector. R Hayward advised that if Bob approached Garry, he would be more than happy to attend Bob s house to inspect the vehicles. Bob advised that there are some members (not to be named) that complain every year that he does not attend the rego days. C Loadsman advised that the Club By-Laws will be updated throughout the year and this issue would be clarified. G Gill has a list of windscreens that are available from a recently closed Casino business. R Hambly to print the list in the Klaxon MEETING CLOSED: 8.25pm Raffle won by: N Loadsman MAGAZINES Tweed Valley Vehicle Restorers, New England Wheels, The Capri-Courier, The Tamworth Spark, Crank Torque x 2 EVENTS MARCH APRIL 4 th Outing to Cramms Farm 11 th Club meeting 7 th Mid week run to Ballina 14 th Club meeting 18 th Outing to R Hicks property

Outing to Lennox Head 18 th February 2018 After leaving Clyde Campbell Car Park we made our way past Woodlawn Colledge to Numulgi. We turned right at Lockton Road then a relaxing four Klm drive to the Bexhill hall for morning tea. Bexhill is a small community with one grocery store and is within a ten minute drive from the city of Lismore. After leaving Bexhill we made our way through Eltham and remained on the Eltham road passing the Teven Golf course. The drive to Lennox head was very enjoyable as we passed the outskirts of Tintenbar, through the township of Newrybar then a relaxing drive through the scenic countryside to the Lennox Head Bowling Club for lunch. The day was very enjoyable. EDITOR MEMBERS ATTENDING M&A Murray- Modern, C&N Loadsman 1929 Chev. Tourer, R&M Lovell 1980 Ford Escort, R &M Hawkins 1971 HQ Holden, G & T Johnston 1929 Dodge Roadster, B&D Johnson 1929 Chev. Roadster, R&J Hayward 1939 Oldsmobile, N&L Middleton 1974 Mini Van, L&G Campbell 1929 Dodge Tourer, L&P Poigase 1965 MGB, B&P Henson 1962 Volvo 122S, R&N Hambly Modern, R&K Guest 1968 HK Kingswood, J&T Prodger MG, G&L Johnston 1965 Mustang, A Johnston 1934 Plymouth, T&E Johnston 1973 Torana, E Mulligan 1929 Model A Ford, R & M Johnston 1985 XTS Jaguar, Visitors Rosemary & Ron McLoud 1979 VW Combi LOOKING BACK Circa 1950 s

80 th Birthday Celebration I m not sure that celebrate is the right word for 80 th birthday celebrations, although I suppose being able to reach 80 without too many problems could be a reason to celebrate. I knew little about the party and was overwhelmed when we arrived at the old Richmond Hill School to find Club Members, work mates, family & friends arriving to join in celebrating my 80 th year. I would like to thank all those who came with those delightfull dishes, enough to feed an army, my sister bette and my son Frank,Wendy&Cheryl for the decorated birthday cakes, Col&Lynne and the boys in the back room who kept us entertained with their music and Warren Jones, Trevor&Sue Keys who travelled from the Gold Coast to join in with celebrations, and my wife Nancy who spent many weeks organising the festivities behind clossed doors. Many Thnnks to You All From Ron Hambly - OBE

Allora Heritage Weekend - 27th-28th January 2018 The Warwick Vintage & Veteran Car Club did a great job again this year organising their main event. After arriving, finding our camping spot and setting up camp it was off to the swap meet site for the boys to grab an early bargain and a cup of tea and chat for the girls then we were off to the swap, trucks and tractors were starting to arrive and be unloaded. Friday night it was out for dinner to the local hotel which is always great after which we ran into some people from Lismore so we had a chat with them for a while. Just outside was parked a Dodge truck so that had to be inspected also on the front it had JOHNSTON BROTHERS carriers, it was from Victoria. Saturday saw many trucks and tractors arriving from as far as Victoria, it was great for the truck and tractor lovers. Also during the morning the display of many vintage and classic cars arrived from different clubs around the area and Brisbane for display. The swap was in full swing, so at the end of the day we took home more than we bought with us. The truck parade commenced mid morning and all the tractors followed. After them was the vintage and classic vehicles, a few not seen before but a great range of vehicles. By afternoon the boys still did the swap and the girls did a charity fundraiser in the showground pavilion. Then it was happy hour....??? Saturday evening a dinner was held at the showground for everyone and a baked dinner was had, everyone enjoyed and then early to bed. Sunday was a bit more relaxed we all took a last look around and then back to the van for a rest and happy hours... Monday it was packing up and off home. A great weekend was had by all, and back again next year.

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The Navy Chief A Navy Chief noticed a new seaman and barked at him, Get over here! What s your name sailor? John, the new seaman replied. Look I don t know what kind of bleeding heart pansy crap they re teaching sailors in boot camp nowadays, but I don t call anyone by his first name, the chief scowled. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my sailors by their last names only; Smith Jones, Baker, whatever. And you are to refer to me as Chief. Do I make myself clear? Aye, Aye Chief! Now that we ve got that straight, what s your last name? The seaman sighed. Darling, My name is John Darling Chief From Bob Trevan

NORTHERN RIVERS VINTAGE & VETERAN CAR CLUB INC. Lismore/ Casino Established in 1960 P.O. Box 122 Lismore NSW 2480 Email: nrvvccsecretary@gmail.com 2018-2019 EVENTS & MEETING CALENDAR JANUARY 2019 FEBRUARY 2019 MARCH 2018 4th - Club outing (m/tea & lunch) Crams Farm with Tweed & Gold Coast Clubs Depart 8.30am Clyde Campbell Car Park 7th Mid-week Muster- see details events - P & B Henson NO MEETING 13th Club Meeting 14th Club Meeting 13 th Club Outing 17th Club Outing - 18 th Ray Hicks & Fay Bryant M/tea 9.30am Clyde Campbell Car Park BBQ Lunch - Sausages/bread supplied by club (Nos. required at March meeting) 30th Good Friday APRIL 2018 MAY 2018 JUNE 2018 2nd Easter Monday 5 th & 6 th Tweed Valley Vehicle Restorers Club Rally 11th Club Meeting 9th Club Meeting 13th Club Meeting 15th Club Outing Ben Clift 13th Mother s Day 25th ANZAC DAY 20th - Alstonville Antiques Fair 17th - Club Outing Casino - Gill 27th Club Outing Tom Johnston 30th Club Outing 26th Beef Week July 2018 August 2018 September 2018 11th Club Meeting 8th Club Meeting 12th Club Meeting 15th Memorial Day Club Outing R & M Lovell 17/19th Annual NRVVCC Rally 16th Club Outing - Greg Johnston October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 10th Club Meeting 14th Annual General Meeting Christmas Party 18th Club Outing - Casino Rego Day 8am-12noon 14th Presidents Outing - President 26th Clunes Rego Day - 8am-12 12th Club Meeting CHRISTMAS BREAK PLEASE NOTIFY EVENT OFFICER OF ARRANGEMENTS OR IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ORGANISE A CLUB OUTING. PLEASE FORWARD ALL DETAILS ON THE COMING EVENTS FORM TO THE EVENT ORGANISER ALL OTHER EVENTS TO BE LISTED IN MOVEMENT BOOK - YOU MUST HAVE AN INVITATION

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Established in 1960 NORTHERN RIVERS VINTAGE & Lismore/ Casino VETERAN CAR CLUB INC. P.O. Box 122, Lismore, 2480 2018 Sponsors Email: nrvvccsecretary@gmail.com