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December 2016 CRANKHANDLE NEWS 2016 The Official magazine of the GOLD COAST ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year Santa’s news from the North Pole. Merry Christmas to you all
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Crankhandle News
December 2016
CRANKHANDLE NEWS 2016
The Official magazine of the GOLD COAST ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB
Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year
Santa’s news from the
North Pole.
Merry Christmas
to you all
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Gold Coast Antique Auto club: PO Box 228, Mudgeeraba, Qld, 4213
Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.gcaac.com.au
Club meetings are held 2nd Monday of every month (except January)
at 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Visitors welcome
DISCLAIMER:
The opinions expressed within are not necessarily shared by the editor or officer of
the GCAAC. Whilst all care is taken to ensure the technical information and advice
offered in these pages is correct, the editors and officers of the GCAAC cannot be
held responsible for any problems that may occur from acting on such advice and
information.
GCAAC COMMITTEE
Position Name Phone Email
President David Mitchell 5577 1787 [email protected]
Vice President Peter Amey 5525 0250 [email protected]
Secretary Richard Brown 0417 704 726 [email protected]
Treasurer Colin Hayes 5525 3312
0409 825 913
Rally & Competitions
Director
John Talbot 0421 185 419 [email protected]
Dating Officer Bill Budd 5535 8882
0409 358 888
Publicity Officer John Talbot 0421 185 419 [email protected]
Editor Peter A. Jones 0413 379 410 [email protected]
Spare parts & proper-
ty
Graham Tatter-
sall
5554 5659 [email protected]
Librarian/Historian Wayne Robson 5522 8000 [email protected]
Hall & Social Officer Pam Giles 0400 278 807 [email protected]
Life Members: Graham Hetherington, Peter Harris, Jim Hession, Margaret Hes-
sion, John Wood, Graham Tattersall
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It is hard to believe but we are quickly moving into the last few weeks of 2016 and this is my last Presidents report for this year. It has been another great year for this Club of ours that is soon to have its 50
th birthday. I am sure that our club would
have to be the oldest car club on the Gold Coast and it is interesting to wonder upon what the next 50 years might bring. Maybe we might have electric and hybrid antique cars joining the club by then.
Our Christmas Party Luncheon as I mentioned in the last report, is this year on the Saturday 10th of December many members have already put their names down but if we have not got yours please get in touch with Pam. We have kept the price at $20.00 per person it is great value and if it is half as good as our previous Christmas Parties it will be a day not to be missed. John Wood organised the midweek run on 27
th of November and we had a great
turn out for the day with everybody enjoying the novel timed section on the back road at Biddaddaba. This section was won by Peter Amey but it is very interesting to note that we have a lot of ``Lead Foots” in the club as all members were well under the allotted time for the distance covered. Thanks go to John for his time and effort sorting out this fun run for us. We are having a Meeting at 7pm on 2
nd of December to organise details for next
year’s Autorama , so if any members would like to help the committee, have a say and put some input in, please do come along as you will be most welcome. On behalf of the committee I do wish to thank all members for their attendances at our events and meetings. It really has been another wonderful year and it is very gratifying for the commit-tee members when we have good turnouts for club events. We wish you all the best make sure you have a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year and we all look forward to 2017. Merry Christmas and Happy Motoring. Cheers David Mitchell.
PRESIDENTS REPORT
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EDITORIAL
Greetings from the editors computer
Well here we are again almost Christmas
and another year almost over. This has
been a great year for our club with a great
swap which we must thank all those that
gave up their weekend to help without them
the swap would have been a flop.
Our club runs and rallies have been well
attended with more and more members
now bringing their club cars and moderns
for all to see and help promote our club.
Early next year is going to be a busy one for the club with Autorama at the end of
April and our swap mid-July, but remember we need helpers at both events.
As well as our own club events we have invitation rallies and shows so keep an
eye on the newsletters for details including swap which can help with those im-
portant parts for your club car.
One point to remember is that if your car is under restoration or repair still come
along on our runs, friendship is what’s important. I had a few months with no work-
ing club car as the Austin needs a new clutch well is original. So I just came along
in the Commodore, now I have the Rover so we can come along in an older club
car.
On behave of the committee and their families I would like to wish everyone a very
Merry Christmas and a great motoring 2017.
Peter aJ
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GCAAC EVENTS
DECEMBER 2016
2 December Autorama meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm
7 December Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm
10 December Christmas party
12 December General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm
JANUARY 2017
No meetings in January as the committee is taking a holiday from club work
26 January Australia Day at the club house bar-be-que and fun day start
9am BYO food and drink, games supplied
FEBRUARY 2017
1 February Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm
13 February General Meeting and Supper - Clubhouse @ 7.30pm
18 February* Cars N Coffee - meet at club house at 7.30 am
22 February Mid-week run meet club house 9am for 9:30 start. Details in
February newsletter
26 February Sunday Run combined run with GCMG club, contact, more de-
tails in February newsletter or contact John Talbot
MARCH 2017
1 March Committee meeting - Clubhouse @ 7pm
13 March General Meeting and Supper—Clubhouse @ 7.30pm
18 March* Cars N Coffee - meet at club house at 7.30 am
19 March Sunday Run meet club house 9am for 9:30 start. Details in
March newsletter
29 March Mid-week run meet club house 9am for 9:30 start. Details in
March newsletter
Deadline for February newsletter 1st January 2017
So that we can get the February issue out mid January
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Other events for 2017.
Swap info from http://www.bevenyoung.com.au
Saturday, 4th and Sunday 5th February.
The 2017 Toowoomba Swap , complete details last newsletter, asmwell as full de-
tails next newsletter.
26th Feb 2017 10th Anniversary LOGAN CAR SHOW FOR 2017
Wembley Road, 900 am to 200 pm
With rides, entertainment, bands, trade stands, exhibitors, food, drinks plus of
course, cars, bikes and utes! With many trophy categories it’s going to be a great
day! Come along and view the best of the best from single entries to clubs and ap-
preciate the time, effort and cash involved in bringing these cars, bikes and utes to
life! Great raffles, rides, food galore and much more!. Jump on our facebook page
“Logan City PCYC’ to keep up to date with all the new attractions. Ring us to book
your car club and ensure your spot!
Showcase your car for $5 (car and driver) or car judging just $10 for car and driver.
Phone Logan PCYC on 3442 1700 to register your club and secure a spot now or
email [email protected].
13th to 23th April
Austin Seven National Tour 2017, Toowoomba.
Easter
Austin's over Australia, Ipswich
28 May, 2017, Mac's Bridge at Belmont -
Mac's Bridge is a major sports and classic car festival in Queensland. will-be the second year at Queensland Rifle Association Belmont Range, 1485 Old Cleveland Road . http://www.macleansbridge.com/
4th June 2017 BEAUDESERT SWAP MEET -
Beaudesert Show Grounds, Albert Street, Beaudesert QLD 4285
One of Australia's best single day swap meets
Phone: 0414 066 121
4th -11th June
Cooly Rocks On. http://www.coolyrockson.com/
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9th—11th June
RACQ QHMC Southern Queensland Rally - Beaudesert
http://qhmc.org.au/2016/10/2017-racq-qhmc-southern-queensland-rally-
beaudesert/
July TBA
RACQ Motorfest, Eagle Farm Racecourse, Ascot, details to be confirmed as soon
as they come to hand
29th -30th July
South Coast Restoration Society, Annual Display and Rally, 193 Rifle Range Road
Pimpama . http://southcoastrestorationsocietyinc.org.au/wp/
September TBA
All British display Day details nearer the event
The Importance of walking Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $3,000 per month.
My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60.Now he's 97 years old and we have no idea where the hell he is.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
I joined a health club last year; spent about $1,000, haven't lost a pound, apparent-ly you have to go there!
Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise', I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
I do have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say,
'Well, she looks good, doesn't she?'
If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years, just getting over the hill.
We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Every time I start thinking too much about how I look, I just find a pub with a Happy Hour, and by the time I leave, I look just fine.
You could run this over to your friends, but just e-mail it to them. It will save you the walk!
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Mid-Week run 26th October
A very good turn out of 11 club cars congregated at the Clubhouse on a beautiful
Spring day eagerly anticipating the unusual run put together by John Wood and
Danni Nugent. John had placed 12 playing cards on poles and trees along the
route and the object was to find as many as possible, although at times difficult to
see most entrants found at least some.
We stopped in Canungra for a morning-tea and a chat before heading off on the
second part of the run towards Beaudesert. During this phase we stopped on a
back road for a timed-kilometre run, the aim being to average 35kph. Notwith-
standing the abuse hurled at us by the occupants of a passing GCCC truck, we all
had a go albeit way to fast for the criteria, apparently, according to JW we are a
bunch of hoons!!
After a great lunch at the Beaudesert RSL we made our separate ways home.
Well done John and Danni for a very well organised and interesting run.
Participants:
Peter & Bernadette Amey with Friend Dale
Bruce Corr & John Talbot
Noel Neuendorf, June Peck & Mona Fleming
Colin & Karen Hayes
Sil Sicuro & Kevin Bishop
David Heaney
David Mitchell
John Wood & Danni Nugent
Keith & Jean Bailey
Harry & Marie Darke
Geoff & Nee Shepherdson
Bill Budd & Smith
Bob & Val Theobald
Col H
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November mid-week
Run
Nice turnout for today's mid-week run or-
ganised by John Woods. It was an old
style deck of cards run for which 14 cars
turned out.
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Ladies Day 2016
All photos Peter aJ
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Herbert Austin’s first patent in his name with the Wolseley SS
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BMC A-Series engine
Austin Motor Company's small straight-4
automobile engine, the A-Series, is one
of the most common in the world.
Launched in 1951 with the Austin A30,
production lasted until 2000 in the Mini. It
used a cast-iron block and cylinder head,
and a steel crankshaft with 3 main bear-
ings. The camshaft ran in the cylinder
block, driven by a single-row chain for
most applications, and with tappets slid-
ing in the block, accessible through
pressed steel side covers for most appli-
cations, and with overhead valves oper-
ated through rockers.
The cylinder head for the overhead-valve
version of the A-Series engine was de-
signed by Harry Weslake – a cylinder
head specialist famed for his involvement
in SS (Jaguar) engines and several F1
title winning engines. Although a 'clean
sheet' design the A-Series owed much to
established Austin engine design prac-
tise, resembling in general design
(including the Weslake head) and overall
appearance a scaled-down version of the
1200cc overhead-valve engine first seen
in the Austin A40 Devon which would
form the basis of the later B-Series en-
gine.
The A-Series design was licensed by
Nissan of Japan, along with other Austin
designs. Nissan modified the design into
the Nissan A engine that was launched in
1966.
British Leyland was keen to update the
old A-Series design in the 1970s. Howev-
er, attempts at replacement, including an
aborted early-70s Rover K engine and an
OHC version of the A-Series, ended in
failure. During the development of what
would become the Austin Metro, engi-
neers tested the A-Series against its
more modern rivals and found that it still
offered competitive (or even class-
leading) fuel economy and torque for its
size. While in the 1970s the A-Series had
begun to seem dated against a new gen-
eration of high-revving overhead cam en-
gines, by the end of the decade a new
emphasis on good economy and high
torque outputs at low speeds meant that
the A-Series' inherent design was still
well up to market demand
Given this, and the lack of funds to de-
velop an all-new power unit, it was decid-
ed to upgrade the A-Series unit at a cost
of £30 million. The result was the 'A-Plus'
Series of engines. Available in 998cc and
1275cc, the A-Plus had stronger engine
blocks and cranks, lighter pistons and
improved piston rings, Spring loaded ten-
sioner units for the timing chain and oth-
er detail changes to increase the service
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interval of the engine (from 6,000 to
12,000 miles).
More modern SU carburettors and re-
vised manifold designs allowed for small
improvements in power without any de-
crease in torque or fuel economy. Many
of the improvements learnt from the
Cooper-tuned units were also incorpo-
rated, with A-Plus engines having a gen-
erally higher standard of metallurgy on
all units, where previously only the high-
est-tuned engines were upgraded in this
way. This made the A-Plus engines gen-
erally longer-lived than the standard A-
Series, which had a life between major
rebuilds of around 80,000 to 100,000
miles in normal service. Studies were
made into upgrading the engine to use
five main crankshaft bearings but the
standard three-bearing crank had proven
reliable even in high states of tune and at
high engines speeds, so it was not
deemed worth the extra funding.
The new engines received distinctive 'A+'
branding on their rocker covers and the
blocks and heads were colour-coded for
the different capacities: yellow for 998 cc
and red for 1275 cc engines.
To allow the MG Metro to compete with
larger, more powerful hot hatchbacks a
turbocharged version of the 1275cc A-
Plus was developed with the assistance
of Lotus Engineering. A Garrett T3 turbo-
charger was fitted along with a unique
SU carburettor with an automatic pres-
sure-regulated fuel system. The engine
block, cylinder head, pistons, crankshaft
and valves were all modified from the
standard A-Plus engines. The turbo-
charger was fitted with an advanced two-
stage boost control system which only
allowed full boost to be achieved at en-
gine speeds above 4000rpm - this was to
prevent damage to the sump-mounted
four-speed gearbox, the design of which
dated back to the early 1950s and could
not reliably cope with the high torque
output of the Turbo engine at low
speeds.
The quoted power for the 1275cc A-Plus
Turbo was 94 horsepower although in
practice the tune could vary from car to
car and, because the engine was not in-
tercooled power varied significantly de-
pending on the weather. The MG Metro
Turbo was entered in the British Touring
Car Championship in 1983 and 1984,
with the tuned engines producing in ex-
cess of 200 horsepower.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_A
-Series_engine
Deadline for February newsletter
11th January 2017
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Members cars
1961 Sunbeam Alpine Roadster
This car was featured in the American
Sitcom !Get Smart! Which featured
Maxwell Smart as a special agent. My
late husband loved this show but mainly
For the Sunbeam Alpine that was fea-
tured at the start of the show arriving at
the CIA.
When he heard that a Alpine club mem-
ber had one for sale, it was a must have!
It needed much work inside and out, and
there began a five year labour of love.
Parts were sourced from America and
things began to take shape and finally in
1999 she was on the road, enjoying club
runs. Like all of our club members cars
She looked as good as the day she
rolled off the assembly line.
June Peck .
Note this car is For Sale see page 22 of
this newsletter
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Important information
Cut-off dates for newsletters 2017, this includes reports, items, adver-
tisements and complete run details (to help get more members at both
monthly club runs)
These dates not only help me, but also Geoff and Nee who at present
print and post the newsletter
Peter aJ
February newsletter 1st January
March newsletter 15th February
April newsletter 15th March
May newsletter 19th April
June newsletter 17th May
July newsletter 21th June
August newsletter 19th July
September newsletter 23rd
August
Don’t forget, we have a web site @
www.gcaac.com.au
Our site is full of information on club runs.
Important dates, and events.
Pictures of members cars and events.
Our site is updated Regularly by
Mark Neuendorf
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SU carburettor tunning
The effect of mixture strength
on exhaust smoke
A: TOO WEAK, Irregular note,
splashy misfire, and colourless.
B: CORRECT, Regular and even
note.
C: TOO RICH, Regular or rhythmical
misfire, blackish smoke
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Information taken and copied from
SU workshop manual.
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Your story for a new series of sto-
ries for our newsletter.
Members Cars
Between 150 and 200 words, I
will take the pictures if you like.
(so far it seems we have no club cars)
Wanted also
Items to help members.
Information on tools you have
made, and your
tips to make restoration or re-
pairs easier
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Know your car
© Peter aJ
Order of cylinder head bolt tightening
Set torque to 40 ft/lbs
This information was taken from the factory workshop manual, so is taken as cor-
rect at the time of printing of the manual. Peter aJ
Austin A30 Seven
Electrical Details This vehicle uses a twelve-volt positive earth system electrical system.
The spark plugs recommended for this vehicle are: -Champion NA8, Bosch W8DC or NGK B6ES, with the gap set to 0.018 inch.
The contact points used are Bosch GL14
with the gap set to 0.014 – 0,016 inch.
Condenser Bosch GL103
Rotor Bosch GL229
Distributor cap Bosch GL225
The ignition timing is set to 6 degree BTDC
Fan Belt Dunlop V524 (large) V528
(small)
Fuses, A1 – A2 50 amp, A3 – A4 35 amp
Number of cylin-ders
4
Firing order 1 – 3 – 4 – 2
Bore size inches 2.28
Bore size mm 58
Stroke inch 3.00
Stroke mm 76
Capacity cu. inch 48.8
Capacity cc 803
Power 28 bhp @ 4800 rpm
Torque 40 lbs.ft @ 2200 rpm
Oil pressure lb/sq inch (hot)
50 – 55
Oil grade 30
Sump capacity standard engine
6 pints
Tappet clearance in (hot)
0.012 inch
Cooling system capacity
8.5 pints
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Supper Roster
2017
Pam needs members to arrange suppers for our
monthly meeting.
If you are able to help please contact her on
0400 278 807
Club Merchandise
Club Shirts $15:00, Club Jackets $25:00, Bumper Badges
$20:00
Window Stickers $1:00
Contact Graham Tattersall on 5554 5659 or see him at a
meeting to purchase any of these items
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* For Sale,
1926 Austin 12/4 Clifton Tourer. Late Jack Whitakers UK Bodied Tourer imported
from NZ. This car was fully restored prior to being dry stored for the last 15 years. It
is still on Club registration. It`s in great condition but will need some minor work to
put it back on the road. For information please ring David on 0428279291.
** For Sale
1925 Studebaker Special six, semi-restored as a pick-up, rego
S22-522. Upholstery has been replaced. $10,000 contact Noel
on (07) 5531 7236
* For Sale
1961 Sunbeam Alpine Roadster beautifully restored. Spare
engine and numerous parts.$13,000. Phone June 55227809
** Wanted
Car Badges for front-bumper...RACQ, NRMA, RACV, SAA,
etc. Contact Denis on 0412 738 592
** Wanted
Rear seats to suit Austin A30 A2S4 model, Contact Leo on
5530 5559 or 0418 764 449
** Wanted
Petrol cap locking or non-locking to suit Austin A30 AS3 model
only (has 3 locking tabs inside). Phone Gareth 5538 1148
*For sale
Austin workshop manuals and parts list on CD ROM and printed factory editions,
contact Peter aJ 0413379410 for more detail
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