KOA KUSTOM NEWS Vol.2 No.3

Kustom News Official Newsletter Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Vol.2 No.3 April 2017
KUSTOM NEWS
Official Newsletter Vol. 2 No.3 April 2017
KOA Most Helpful Club member of the year for 2016 award went to Jo McMahon, a big congratulations to you and thanks for helping make Kustoms of Australia the car club that it is, Jo is our official KOA Social Secretary and does a fine job of keeping us fed with the supper at the meetings, plus the input she brings into many other facets of our car club, so thanks Jo for all your help.
KUSTOMS OF AUSTRALIA, GOLD COAST Inc. Established in the year 2000
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Kustom News Official Newsletter
Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Vol.2 No.3 April 2017
"KUSTOM NEWS"
Is the Official Newsletter of "Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Inc.
Club Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed in articles and features published in this newsletter should not be regarded as necessarily being the opinion of the Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Inc. Articles are invited and should be forwarded to the Editor bearing the name and address of the writer. Writers of articles provide their suggestions and opinions as general information only and the Club accepts no responsibility if you choose to follow up their suggestions.
DEADLINE FOR NEXT
NEWSLETTER IS THE:
12th of MAY Editor: Milton Watkins
Email: [email protected]
Post: P.O.Box 811, Currumbin QLD 4223
Our KOA Club House,
is our very own and is located at
238 Mudgeeraba Rd. Mudgeeraba, Queensland, 4213. Meeting on the 1st MONDAY of the month Come for a chat from 7pm Meetings kick off at 7.30pm SHARP
Life Members
Mem. 01 Grahame Robinson
Mem. 05 Alan Handley
Mem. 07 Ron Whelan
Mem. 19 Keith Woodbridge
Mem. 22 Ray Sparkes
ABOUT KOA CAR CLUB
Formed in 1999, The aim of Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Inc. is to encourage the restoration, preservation, modification and use of all Aussie, American, British & Other Imported Vehicles. We have club members from all over QLD and North NSW, and always welcome new members.
ALL CORRESPONDENCE IS TO BE SENT TO THE CLUB POSTAL ADDRESS:
To the Secretary
P. O. Box 1339,
Mudgeeraba OLD, 4213
KOA CAR CLUB WEBSITE & EMAIL www.kustomsofaustralia.com [email protected]
FOR ALL MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRES PLEASE CONTACT: Milton Watkins
Ph: 0438 876 467
Email: [email protected] Post: P.O.Box 811, Currumbin QLD 4223
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KOA Presidents Report March 2017
Hi KOA Members,
Sorry all, I am a bit late with my report this month thus the delay in this issue. Thanks for holding the presses Milton.
Hope this newsle@er finds you all relaxed and well aCer the Easter Holiday weekend, the weather was superb, I even got the car out for a quick run to Canungra on Easter Sunday.
Not a lot to report this month with the aCermath of ex Cyclone Debbie forcing the cancellaKon of many car related events. Hopefully our members affected by this weather event are doing OK. Please let your Commi@ee or our Welfare Officer, Levella Watkins, know if there is anything the club can assist with.
As discussed at the last meeKng we will be holding an awards day at the clubhouse on Sunday the 23rd of July. We plan to introduce some changes to the trophies which we will discuss at the next meeKng. We will also be introducing a Members Choice Award. It will be your chance to vote for the member who you believe has the best car in the club. It will be voted for on the awards day and the car must be present on the day.
Your Commi@ee is presently busily working on the next Swap Meet, a very important fundraiser for the club and its nominated charity. We have flyers and posters available so please try to get these out to as many events or businesses as you can.
Coming up this weekend we have the Rust & Chrome Event at the Norwell Motorplex on 23rd April, looks to be a good day and I hope to see you there.
Regards, Craig
Welcome to New Club Members:
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Welcome to New Prospective Members: Mark Jones.
And congratulations to our New KOA Members, Tom Stoewer, Eddie Dennis & Rory Gilmore glad to have you here at KOA. ........................................
KOA Members, please make them feel welcome, you know what it was like when you first joined, so please be outgoing and get to know them, they are lovers of automobiles, just like us.
Special Interest Vehicle Registration (Club Rego)
Members with cars on Special Interest Vehicle Registration (SIV) Plates are reminded that it is a condition of the Scheme that you remain a full financial member of an approved car club. It is YOUR responsibility to KEEP your membership up to date and to be aware of the conditions and restrictions of the Scheme, visit the DOT website for the rules & Regulations, go to www.tmr.qld.gov.au and search for “ Special Interest Vehicle Registration”
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A Note from the Editor... Welcome to the April Newsletter of ‘Kustom News’, I thank David Kaye for giving up his time and effort for letting me take some photos of his HR Holden, this month you will see another Holden, this time from from long standing member Ernie Hill and a closer look at his EH Holden, in the May Edition I hope to have a Ford grace the pages of the centrefold this time, so keep your eyes peeled for this edition. With the tail end of Cyclone Debbie hitting us with 36 hours of constant rain and almost a meter of water in some
parts and a huge amount of wind, there was a number of us affected by this weather event, those that were cut off that live up in the Hinterland, floods in the Logan area and the Northern NSW town of Murwillumbah and Lismore having its fair share of Floods, with almost total devastation of the main street of Lismore where I am sure Ian Macdonald would know many people, also members Ash Heron & family, Rocco Gioffre & Julie were both hit with a fair bit of flood damage in Tallebudgera & Murwillumbah, we do hope all those affected come out of it ok.
YOUR KOA CLUB COMMITTEE:
President - Craig McMahon 0427 244 880 - [email protected]
Vice President - Ray Sparkes 0412 755 320 - [email protected]
Secretary - Milton Watkins 0438 876 467 - [email protected]
Treasurer - Paul Manning 0415 129 395 - [email protected]
Media Officer & Kustom News Editor - Milton Watkins 0438 876 467 - [email protected]
Technical Officer - Ray Sparkes 0412 755 320 - [email protected]
Cruise Director - Ian Macdonald 0413 052 355 - [email protected]
Welfare Officer - Levella Watkins 0400 608 060 - [email protected]
Catering - Jo McMahon 0467 562 663 - [email protected]
Please note we have two great assistants in the above positions, they are: Rod Liefman assistant to the Media Officer.
Bill Macdonald assistant to the Cruise Director.
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Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Inc. General Meeting held 3rd April 2017
GENERAL MEETING OPENED:
Our President Craig McMahon opened the meeting at 7.30pm, Craig reminded members to make sure they sign in on the sign in book, as this does calculate to the mid year awards and he reminded members to please not chatter through the meeting, especially when others are talking up the front, this can be annoying to those members who find it hard to hear, so please remember this.
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance at tonights meeting, and as per the attendance register and apologies received on behalf of: Tony Rau, Ray Sparkes, John Byne, Rob Knill, Steve Bradford, Bill Budd, John Park, Glen Hockings, Richard Reardon, Steve Bain, Jim Hicks, Ken Deane, Greg Macdonald, Glenn Mitchell, Ron Gentz.
PREVIOUS MINUTES:
Previously agreed, the Minutes from the General Meeting on the 6th of March were taken as read. BUSINESS ARISING: Nil
Shawn Kathage moved a motion that the Minutes be accepted and this was seconded Tina Witt.
NEW MEMBERS:
New Members Attendance:
Eddie Dennis, Tom Stoewer this is your 3rd meeting tonight, so Congratulations you are now a full members. Also Rory Gilmore, his 3rd meeting was some time ago, but he has come back after some time away so Congratulations you too are a full member.
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Prospective members:
Bill Budd and Peter Bean, looking forward to seeing you at the next club meeting to make your 2nd meeting We welcome Mark Jones tonight as Prospective member, hope the KOA members made you feel welcome.
CORRESPONDENCE: Inward:
* Robyn Jeffery with an invitation to the David Hack Weekend in Toowoomba.
* Various emails from Shane Bernard at Willowbank Raceway with regards to the Queensland Auto
Spectacular and the unfortunate cancelling of the event thanks to Cyclone Debbie.
* Keren from Seasons Retirement Village asking if any of our members would be interested in
displaying their cars for a Family Fun Day on the 8th of April from 10am till 1pm, the place is in
Redbank, so if any members are interested please let me know.
* Amanda Howell, with regards to the completed flyer and raffle books for Gemmas Memorial Walk.
Outward:
* Emails to reply and answer the inwards emails and various other emails to club members.
Rocco Gioffre moved a motion that the Minutes be accepted and this was seconded Ron Whelan.
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Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Inc. General Meeting held 3rd April 2017 (cont)
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Treasurer’s Report – March EOM 3/4/17
Bank Balance: $10,221.83 @ the end of March, 2017.
Bills paid in March: All bills due in March have been paid – these include 6 KOA dress shirts & polo shirt embroidery,
the printing of the KOA newsletter, trophies for our award winning pistol shooters, the red fridge has been repaired, the printing of the August Swap Meet flyers & some new members’ name
badges. Total expenditure of $1,060.94 for the month. Membership Cards: If you don't have one, come & see me - I may be able to help you.
Barry Evans moved a mo(on that the Minutes be accepted and this was seconded by Barry deLaat AGENDA ITEMS:
KOA Charity ‘Gemma’s Memorial Walk’ thats coming up on May the 21st, we now have flyers and shop posters that members can take and hand out, so please do this as we need you all to support this event, we are also selling raffle tickets tonight for this with the first prize being a tinny with outboard motor full of fishing gear, all proceeds go to Isabella and Marcus Paediatric Brainstem Tumour Fund
KOA Trophy Day was decided to hold it on a Sunday afternoon we were trying to come up with a date that is available, preferably in July, so 23rd of July was agreed and we’ll kick off the event at our club house from 11am, more info soon.
KOA Flute Board Signs, your committee has decided from the 1st of July that the joining fee will rise by $15.00 to a total of $125.00 as we would like to include a KOA Flute Board Sign for you car, this is so all members attending car shows or events will have one on their dashboard at events to show they are a KOA car, this will show the public and other car clubs the presents we have at these events, if you have not got one already please see Paul, they are $15.00.
KOA Swap Meet coming up Aug 27th, flyers are available so please take some and hand them out, posters are also available too for a shop window or public area, so go for it, spread the word as its only 4 more months away. Editors Note: We need assistance from you as KOA members, we had 15 helpers last year and that was not enough, this is a major event for KOA now and is a good money earner, so please keep yourself available for this, we require you from very early morning till around midday, so please let us know your available to help.
Your Committee have been talking about further security for the KOA HQ we will continue to do this and come up with a plan.
PREVIOUS EVENTS:
Thanks Ian Macdonald:
Willowbank FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Friday the 10th of March: Around 5 to 6 KOA cars were present, had a great night.
Yank Tank Nite Saturday the 11th of March, upper Coomera, was absolutely HUGE around 450 cars were at the ex Masters Upper Coomera site. We had around 9 KOA members there.
The Rockabilly Revival @ Redlands Sunday March 12
QLD Auto Spectacular 2nd of April: has also been postponed so watch this space.
Rust & Chrome Car & Bike Show 26th of March was postponed till the 23rd of April.
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Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Inc. General Meeting held 3rd April 2017 (cont)
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Thanks Ian Macdonald:
Rust & Chrome Car & Bike Show that was postponed is now on the 23rd of April, so this will be our official run for the month of April, meeting at the BP Coomera service station at 7am so you can arrive together.
Yank Tank Nite Saturday the 8th of April, upper Coomera, at the ex Masters Upper Coomera site, all cars welcome, usually a huge show, so please get there early, keep an eye out for an SMS.
Tour of the Tweed: Sunday 23rd of April, if your not going to the Rust & Chrome event please have a look in at this run, we have full permission to hand out flyers to our Swap Meet and the Gemma’s Memorial Walk.
Nostalgia Drags: at Willowbank 30th of April is the Nostalgia Drags, lets know if your interested.
Steve Balzer told us of a run he attended to the north side of Brisbane to the Old School Muscle Car and Classic Car night, plenty of good music and good food, hundreds of cars turn up, on the first Saturday of every month, if you would like to go please talk to Steve about this.
David Hack Car and Plane Show 7th of May, Huge show, if you would like to go please let us know. EDITORS NOTE: Wintersun at Murwillumbah June 2nd to the 4th, please plan your own way to this event, some questions still about this event unanswered. If all is on track please talk to other members attending and arrive together if possible. Rocco & Jules have offered everyone to come pitch a tent at their place if they need to stay somewhere, so thanks.
General Business:
Milton re the latest KOA club magazine, you asked for it and its in the new centrefold of a KOA members car that will go in each month, who will it be next? Now 48 pages, full of info and pic, you get it free every month via email, but if you would like to subscribe to a full colour hard copy in a magazine format please see Milton.
Restoration Society Car Show, 30th July, Ron Whelan spoke to us and is looking into this event, and with the SCARAB car club till 2pm, Run’s working on this and trying to finish it up at midday if possible? We’ll find out more soon.
Ron Whelan spoke about members hearing about businesses that may like to put up a Trade Stall at our KOA Swap Meet, please put them in touch with Ron ASAP, as we need more Trade Stalls.
General Business (cont):
Ron Whelan also spoke about the sale of a 38 Dodge that he and Keith Woodbridge were selling and that is now sold, Ron mentioned that I (Milton) put it on our KOA website to sell, they have offered the KOA club $100.00 for placing it on the KOA website, this is a generous offer from them both so thank you. Ron said that its a great way to sell your car quickly as we have many contacts.
Editors Note: Please note that as far as Ron new it was on the website, this is incorrect, as the KOA media officer I put the sale item on our KOA Facebook site, and I also placed the advert and pictures on another 3 major classic car Facebook groups that within a few days can get up to and over 1000 views of your sale item all around Australia. While this does not discount the fact that our KOA website & Facebook page is good to place for the sale item, it will get a lot more views on the other pages and have a better chance of selling quickly, as it did in this case.
Milton spoke about the KOA website, it has recently had another update, your will notice a change on the home page, not only at the bottom for major events coming up but also the members car pictures that cycle in one spot, this is now 5 pictures towards the top of the page, that cycle to different pics every time you log in or view the home page, hope you like the change.
Ian Bolton asked about borrowing the KOA Gazebos, he asked if there was any policy about lending out KOA equipment, this was talked over by the committee and there was no problem in Ian borrowing this equipment, as long as it was returned in the same condition.
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Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast Inc. General Meeting held 3rd April 2017 (cont)
Items for Swap or For Sale:
Michael Nilon has some early Commodore Bucket Seats and back seat in an old Dodge, they are free if you would like them.
BEFORE WE CLOSE THE MEETING:
KOA Welfare, Please see Levella Watkins for any welfare concerns for any members you hear maybe in hospital or in need of assistance, we as members are all here for each other, but any specific needs please make contact with Levella. You may contact her through Milton if required.
KOA Looking for Committee Interns: If you have been a committed member for more than 18 months and have an interest in becoming a committee member of KOA and maybe moving up into one of the positions eventually, please let us know, we have room for 3 KOA members to move in as “Committee Members” while being sort of an Intern to learn the ropes of what positions may interest them.
KOA Car Signs: If your interested in owning one, the club will pay half of the cost, they are $30.00 each, so if you pay $15.00 you will get to keep one in your car for display at any car shows you attend, see Paul to get one.
Club house Door Fame to gents Toilets: is our Media Wall, have you had your car in a magazine or the News Paper, if you have sent it or bring it in and we’ll put it up on the wall. Got any car badges to donate so we can decorate the door frame, see Milton. Thanks to those who have donated so far.
KOA Shirts & Jackets: Please see Paul Manning our Treasurer if you would like one.
SIGN IN BOOK: Please make sure that when you come to a meeting at the club house, or attend a
KOA event, that you sign your name in the Sign In Book THIS IS IMPORTANT.
RAFFLE - A big thank you to you all for buying the raffle tickets on offer at the meeting, Levella sold you guys 185 tickets so well done, and thanks to Steve Balzer and Barry deLaat for taking the balance of the tickets to their work place to sell the rest, we made a total of $500.00 for our KOA Charity ‘Gemma’s Memorial Walk’ thats coming up on May the 21st, all proceeds go to Isabella and Marcus Paediatric Brainstem Tumour Fund
MEETING CLOSED AT 8.20pm
Next meeting on Monday the 1st of May 2017.
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.
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Cooly Rocks On Parking 2017 for KOA members
each site is for the two days of the Show’n’Shine
and also either Friday & Saturday night cruises are included as other activities during the event, please check their website.
01, Rod Liefman, 1941 Pontiac Torpedo 2Dr Sedan, Black Cherry, 41 PON - 9525B 02, Ian Macdonald, 1959 Chevrolet yellow/white, CHV059 - 9525A
03, Steven Balzer, 1969 Mach 1, Mustang, Black , 390 BBM - 9526
04, Ken Daley 1959 Chrysler Royal Sedan Purple & White, 1958 - 9527
05, Alice Hockings, 1965 Ford Thunderbird Coupe, White, TBF65 - 9528 06, Richard Reardon, 1972 Ford Fairlane, White EEL 55 - 9529
07, Jim Hicks 1937 Chev, Master Deluxe, Blue, CHEV 37 - 9530
08, Dave Kaye, 1966 Hr Holden Wagon, Green SDK 66 - 9531
09, Alan Mitchell, 1932 Ford Deuce Roadster, Black, S26767 - 9532
10, Alan Mitchell, 1932 Ford Deuce Roadster, Black, S26767 - 9533
11, Barrie Evans, 1965 XP Ford Ute, White, S 25326 - 9534
12, David Holden, 1961 EK Holden Sedan Purple & Gold, S 11443 - 9535
13, Dave Hemsworth, 1956, Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Orange & White, 000 056 - 9536 14, Roy Ford, 1969 Ford Mach I Fastback Mustang Wild Purple, 069 BLN - 9537
15, Brian Colquhoun, 1966 C10 Chev Pick Up, Red, Rego TBA - 9538 16, Brian Colquhoun, 1967 Chevelle SS, Blue, Rego TBA - 9539
17, Malcolm Dunbar, 1947 Chev truck, Grey, DF 061 - 9540
18, Malcolm Dunbar , 1960 Studebaker Hawk, Black, 29 RAT - 9541
19, John Andersen, 1966 Ford Fairlane convertible, Blue, 66 FFL - 9542 20, John Sim, 1965 Chevy Nova, COLOUR 0680 - 9543
21, Len Koolmees, 1966 Ford XP Ute, Red, S 17593 - 9544
PLEASE NOTE, KOA members, if your not happy with the spot that has been allocated please talk with the person you would like to change with and if you both agree, make the swap with them.
There will be 2 other KOA members with 3 non KOA members with a total of 9 vehicles (mostly Cadillacs) that will be in parking bays R34 to R42, right out the front of McDonalds these are the group of Cadillacs in the CCCTN (Cadillacs Cruzin Cross the Nullarbor) we have another run to Renmark SA for the next Cadillac Nationals which is coming up this time next year, since 2013 we have had our cars together close by KOA. Parks in bottom left hand corner of this pic with KOA parks to the upper right.
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Photos by Milton
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Information about the Charity we at Kustoms of Australia Support.
’Gemma’s Memorial Walk’ in correlation with the ‘Isabella and Marcus Brainstem Paediatric Brainstem Tumour Fund
The Isabella and Marcus fund provides seed funding for DIPG projects that would otherwise not be funded from government grants. The goal is to provide researchers with an opportunity to access larger sources of funding that will accelerate research for the development of treatments for brain cancer in children.
Funding was provided for the 3rd Collaborative Paediatric Cancer Research Day at The Hudson Institute, June 29th, 2016. This type of sponsorship fosters scientific exchange, providing an impetus for scientific progress towards better treatments for children with cancer.
http://www.isabellaandmarcusfund.org.au/
Make sure you keep the 21st of May available to assist them with the event.
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WHERE IS
KOA MEMBERS, MY CAR, MY GARAGE?
No one emailed me their info, if you don’t send me some info how can I publish it in your Newsletter. So if you would to see it back please submit a story about your car, and your garage, no matter what state your car or garage is in, tell me about it, what projects you have coming up, I'm sure most members will be interested. Email me your pics and story to [email protected]
Gemma’s Memorial Walk
Sunday 21st May
8.30 am for 9.00 am walk, 4 km walk around the Beautiful Lake $10 per adult, children are free. Damien Leeding Park, Watersport Lane Coomera
CAR SHOW,
Sausage Sizzle,
Eggs and Bacon Rolls, Fresh Cake Stalls, Coffee Van, Animal Farm & Jumping Castle
All proceeds are 100% directly donated to Isabella and Marcus Brainstem Paediatric Brainstem Tumour Fund.
also balloons for the children. Raffles, Great Prizes ie
a 3.85 metre Tinny.
A Cent Auction
A great family
morning out
Car Show & Shine, brought to you by Kustoms of Australia, entrants from 7am till 8am over before midday, trophies for Best Car of the Day, and Coolest Ride and Amanda’s Choice, Gemma’s Mum.
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Longest Cruise in the World? Part Three
Previously in Part Two I mentioned that we started to meet up with other Cadillac owners who were coming along on the journey to cross the Nullarbor and head to Busselton in WA for the Cadillac Nationals in 2014, so we (Milton & Levella) left the KOA club house in our 61 Caddy with 59 Caddy Custom trailer & Torsten Loth from Germany, Colin Hook (now new KOA member) and his partner Denise Hayes in their 66 Cadillac Convertible, we also had Neil & Jill Hardment in their Red 59 Cadillac Coupe deVille and now have met up with Des Eyers with Les Holt.
The next Caddy owners we were to meet up with was Bruce & Anne Tregoning from Hervey Bay QLD and their 77 Cadillac Coupe deVille with only twenty or thirty thousand something original miles on the clock, so this one was trailered and you can so understand why this one was on a trailer, not wanting to put the long extra k’s on the clock of this beauty, absolutely pristine show room condition this 77 Cadillac.
After a nice lunch at the Inglewood Pub We continued on with our cruise south bound with 5 classic Cadillacs to meet up with some Victorian Cadillac owners. We stopped in Moree for the night, we arrived late afternoon, so plenty of time to find our Caravan Park, the only problem was it was still pouring with rain, we found our Caravan Park and stopped and started to put up our tents and gazebo, but the rain was just two heavy so we decided to go grab a cabin, we were a little disappointed as this was our first night, and we were looking forward to using our Double Swag.
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Longest Cruise in the World? Part Three (cont)
The night was not long enough While heading out of Moree we stopped off at one of our sponsors, Atlantic Oil and picked up a case of Motor Oil, and yes some of this came in handy, not for my Caddy, but Des’s 63 Limo was having a bit of a problem with a main seal that was not so good, even thought the boys used a fair bit of oil, they certainly got the good stuff from Atlantic Oils.
Now headed for Parkes, our next over night stop, had lunch at Coonabarabran and met up at the visitors centre where the locals had set up a light lunch for us, also talked with a local reporter who took some pics for their local paper. After some food and drink we left and started cruising down to Parkes, a few hours later we arrived and settled in to where we stayed for two nights, during the following day we had and arranged a tour of “The Dish” in the morning, then went to the local Pioneer Museum where they had prepared a nice afternoon tea, and the local car club came out and showed us some of their cars, and you can see in the pics we had a write up in their local paper too. More next month.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that you all should have a copy of the KOA By-Laws which was updated in July 2014, a copy has been sent out to you via email every year the memberships come around, and also mailed out to six KOA members that do not have an email address, so you should all be aware of the following first six items in the KOA By-Laws, and they are:
1.1 - Consumption of alcohol or drugs is left to the discretion of the members but members must conduct themselves in an orderly and responsible manner when wearing club insignia or attending a club event. Editors Note: I think all of us are abiding by this first item, so good on you, if you have a club shirt, please make sure you wear it, if you don’t have one, why not? Please see Paul Manning our treasurer and make arrangements with him to obtain one.
1.2 - All members must make every effort to notify the club of their inability to attend a club meeting or event so as their apology can be noted in the Minutes. Editors Note: Not all members are doing this, a text message is sent out to 99% of the KOA membership about the following months meeting, its very easy to send a reply to me to say your not coming, so please make sure you do this.
1.3 - Executive Committee (EC) members are ineligible to receive annual best attendance awards. Editors Note: Damn it!
1.4 - All members are to sign the KOA attendance register when attending any club house meetings or events. Editors Note: Please make sure you do this, it does count towards the Trophy presented to the KOA member for the Club Member of the Year, so make sure you sign in and let the cruise director know you are at an event.
1.5 - All members may be rostered to assist the Social Secretary on meetings nights, events or as required. Editors Note: I’m sure Jo will like this one, and a big thanks to Julie Stepheson and Levella Watkins for being a big help for Jo here, if they are not there please let Jo know you can step in to help from time to time.
1.6 - It is the responsibility of all members to advise the secretary of any changes to their contact details such as phone, address or email. Editors Note: Please take note of this one, so important, we must have your current details.
Did You Know?
Drink driving on private property
Message from KOA member Tony Rehn one of Toowoomba’s finest:
Did you know that you commit the offence of Drink Driving if you drive a motor vehicle on private property whilst over the legal limit?
The offence of drink driving is found in Section 79 of the Transport Operations (Road Use) Management Act 1995 and provides that a person commits an offence if they drive, attempt to put in motion or are in charge of a motor vehicle whilst over the legal alcohol limit. This section makes no mention of having to be on a road.
Section 80 of the same legislation provides police with the power to breath test any person the officer reasonably suspects, has within the preceding three hours, to have driven, attempted to put in motion or was in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or elsewhere – which includes private property.
Some examples of behaviours that would constitute an offence of drink driving if the person was over the legal limit include:
• Doing doughnuts in a vehicle in their own backyard (drive).
• Attempting to clutch start a car down a driveway (attempt to put in motion).
• Starting up and revving a motorcycle within a camp ground (in charge).
The simple rule for drink driving is – if it an offence on a road, it is also an offence on private property. Don’t drink and drive.
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All KOA Members, keep August 27th available in your calendar of events, this one is where we need your participation, this event helps to keep KOA’s bank balance comfortable and gives $$$ to KOA’s charity The Paediatric Brainstem Tumour Fund, it helps fund the future plans of KOA, so its all hands on deck, if you were not one of the hero’s who helped out last time, make sure you put your hand up to help this year. The flyer is below, and has been attached to many email and SMS’s sent out to you, so please, share this with your friends and family, and tell them to share it also.
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Here is a list of Monthly cruise locations, this chart was kindly sent to me from Leon Bray from the Christian Classic Car Club, he has compiled this list for your viewing pleasure, now you can’t say you don’t have any where to go on a Friday or Saturday night. If you have SIV registration you should all be able to attend any of the following events as they have been listed in your official KOA Club Newsletter.
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KOA Member Ernie Hill, with a membership number of 17 you know Ernie has been a member for some time, his beautiful 64 EH Holden is a fine representation of a pure Aussie Automobile.
He has owned it for 10 years, it once was an Ivory colour but now is Passion Rose, a Mazda Colour. The Engine is Blue Printed and Balanced 179, 202 crank, lots of porting & polishing Holley 350 Carb, the tranny is a Tri-matic, Rack & Pinion Steering from an early Commodore, Jelly Bean Mags and plenty of money spent on the Chrome Work.
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Thanks Rod Liefman for your email re these pics
Some old pics of car sale yards, if only prices stayed so low.
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Aussie Diffs established in 1989 specialising in diff reconditioning, diff conversions, we keep an extensive range of new diff parts and axles.
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Some old pics of car sale yards, if only prices stayed so low. (Cont)
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WHERE IS
KOA MEMBERS, MY CAR, MY GARAGE?
No one emailed me their info, if you don’t send me some info how can I publish it in your magazine. So if you would to see it back please submit a story about your car, and your garage, no matter what state your car or garage is in, tell us about it, what projects you have coming up, I'm sure most members will be interested. Email me your pics and story to [email protected]
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John Park a member of Kustoms Australia Car Club Gold Coast would like to announce the resurrection of his workshop, in the northern hinterland of the gold coast along side of Jamie Kloots whom has 33 yrs. experience working with race car teams, and in the classic/muscle car industry. During time together along with Johns experience they have a total of 90 years expertise between them. Jamie has a vast knowledge in restoration and maintenance of many models of classic/muscle cars from fabrication to servicing your car needs, as well as classic race car preparation and maintenance, Let them rejuvenate or modify your old pride n joy to a smooth-running machine and freshen up you’re tired Old School Classic better than it has ever been.
John Park
No job is to hard Miracles performed daily
Jamie Kloots
Fabrication work
Brake and suspension upgrades[rebuild] or just repairing what’s there Performance Tuning
Servicing
Engine Building
Gearbox overhaul
Custom work / alterations Modification Improvements updating for reliability
Address:49 Ellen Grant Dr. Willow Vale, QLD Phone:Jamie 0414197678 or John 0427374568 Email: {Jamie} on [email protected]
{John} on [email protected]
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Thanks Mike Nilon for your email re these pics
Following are some pics of early vehicle manufacturing
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Tel
Email: [email protected] Web: www.thecarbyshop.com PO BOX 978 Beenleigh QLD 4207
CARBY SPECIALISTS
Michael Nilon M.I.A.M.E.
YATALA
Exchange restored Carbys • New Carbys • All Carby parts available
Welcome to the Carby Shop We have moved to Brisbane
As the NT’s foremost expert on all things to do with carburettors with over 40 Years experience, serving customers in the motor trade, motorsports & carby restorations, from all over Australia. The Carby Shop carries the largest range of reconditioned carburettors, Holley, Weber, Stromberg, SU, Carter, Rochester, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Nissan carburettors as well as a huge range of spare parts. We can offer a new Weber carby conversion to replace expensive, troublesome original carby's, it will give much better performance and economy, and costing less most times than repairing the worn out one. We ship these conversions everywhere, so also saving time waiting for the original to be restored, we also offer an exchange service on most popular makes depending on make & model type, very handy for those travelling or on a tight schedule such as couriers, just give me a call and I can get one ready for you. Our restored carbys are recoloured, body's are rebushed when needed, straightened and machined. All our carby's are hot run tested, gas analysed and adjusted on one of our test engines before it leaves the shop. We supply fitting & trouble shooting instructions, fitting gaskets with each carby. When a restored carby leaves our shop you can be sure it will be 100% ready to go with confidence. "A Carby Restored Is Quality Assured"
We also carry an extensive range of other associated products and accessories, carburettors for high performance motor sport & marine use. Whether you’re looking to upgrade or replace your existing manifold, air filter assemblies, a Hiclone for economy, fuel preservative stabiliser, POR -15 Restoration and rust preventive products, including rust repair panels, here at the Carby Shop your sure to find exactly what you need. Just give us a call.
Michael is a valued member of the IAME - The Professional Standard in Automotive Repair & Service.
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Help me better our Kustom News Magazine, advertise your business or get your friend to advertise their business on these pages, here is my sample advert below for my own Business, full page $100.00 per year, half page $50.00 per year, Quarter Page $25.00 per year. Compare this rate with other advertising and you notice that this is a more than reasonable price. Happy to put your supplied art-work together for you or them, POA.
Milton Watkins Bookbinder
Restoration of old books, custom bindings, repair of all types of Books including Motor & Car Manuals. Gold, Silver & Blind De-bossing (some people call it embossing) Car Badges & logos onto leather or similar material, onto interior car parts, wallets, Diaries Brief Cases, etc. Binding of magazine collections into hard cased volumes, and personalised Log Books, see pics.
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Retroautos March 2017 -
HK Holden prototypes, V8 HK Kingswood
When Holden released the HK range in January 1968 they called it the “New Generation”. It was wider, longer and bigger than previous models. Here was a genuine six seater, with a range of six and eight cylinder engines and an almost endless list of options. The HK acknowledged that Australians were getting richer, larger and were prepared to pay for options that individualised their car. Holden offered so many options they boasted they could make one million HK’s and no two would be alike. More of this article can be found in the online magazine Retro Autos, here is the link: https://www.shannons.com.au/library/news/XUG4N1B68B5C16J7/index.html?page=1
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Mobile Mechanics, RWC’s - Cars & Trailers Repairs & Log Book Servicing,
All aspects of Custom Work
Rust & Repairs
14 Elysium drive Carrara, exit 75 off highway.
Phone Malcolm Dunbar on 0414 937 245 or Randall Dunbar on 0421 933 807
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Thanks John Byne for your email re these pics
The Woodies You May Never See Again.. Those were the days; when if you had an accident, you
needed a good carpenter more than a mechanic.
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Mal’s Funnies
Paddy and Murphy were talking one afternoon when Paddy tells Murphy, "Ya know, I reckon I'm 'bout ready for a vacation. Only this year I'm gonna do it a little different. The last few years, I took your advice about where to go. Three years ago you said to go to Hawaii . I went to Hawaii and Molly got pregnant. Then two years ago, you told me to go to the Bahamas and Molly got pregnant again. Last year you suggested Tahiti and darn me, if Molly didn't get pregnant again.” Murphy asks Paddy, "So, what you gonna do this year that's different?"
Paddy says, "This year I'm taking Molly with me."
Liefman’s Joke of the week.
‘When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 25 cents a gallon.
Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.’
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So far these copies of ‘Kustom News’ can be kept as a part of the history of your car club, in the last 16 years of KOA we only have a few typed pages of the minutes of meetings to reflect on, wouldn't it be nice to flick through some pages of a magazine to see info about your car club, its members, runs we’ve been on, stories from members and what they have been up too, pictures in colour of what cars we have seen and what cars members are working on, detailing the continued history of Kustoms of Australia, Gold Coast, YOUR CAR CLUB. Maybe a picture of YOUR car on the front cover, maybe a full story of you and your car in the centre spread! In 2017 you will continue to receive the KOA Newsletter ‘Kustom News’ that you already get electronically as a Link to a PDF file in an email each month after the general meeting, I know what its like reading it off a computer screen, not real great, or maybe your computer emails are not working so well and you miss seeing it.
With my printing background I have turned these Newsletters into a professionally printed FULL COLOUR glossy Magazine for you to purchase, a subscription every 12 months, or you can purchase a single copy from a particular month, at this point in time you will be looking at 11 issues per year at $12.00 per issue, I know it seems a lot, but it costs over $12.00 (depending on the amount of pages printed) to print, fold and staple at the printers, you would be surprised and shocked at how much time it takes to put this sort of thing together, we are talking about 20 to 30 hours every month, as a member you can help me to help you, you or someone you know may have a business they may wish to advertise in ‘Kustom News’ with an audience of 120 members the right sort of business within the pages of our magazine will do well, over time will continually improve the ‘Kustom News’ and its contents, the latest issues are already 48 pages.
If you would like a back dated copy of the magazine I can do this, the price will be $12.00 per copy and I will bring them along to the next general meeting or for an extra I can post them too you.
I know you can buy a good quality car magazine at the post Newsagent, but they are printed in the hundreds of thousands, your club magazines are a limited run of a dozen or so, plus you will more than likely see a members car in the pages or even your own. After you have collected the first 12 months of the magazine, as a bookbinder I can offer you a discount rate to actually bind the collection together into yearly volumes if you would like, this would be a professional hard covered book with the title on the spine and front cover and would look great with all your car stuff at home.
Email me at [email protected]
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MEMBERS BUSINESS
If your a KOA member and run a business this is the place to share it, mail me your business card so I can include you in "Kustom News"
If you want to be included please email detail in less than two lines, thanks. This is a FREE listing, want it bigger, a whole page, call Milton.
Milton Watkins - Bookbinder, Specialist in fine leather bindings, repair of all books and car & motor manuals, bookbinding.com.au...............0438 876 467
Milton Watkins - caddydaddy.com.au hire out YOUR car for films, movies, advertising, business promotion, weddings & formals...............0438 876 467
Ginny Martin - Focus on Fitness, Exclusive Boutique Gym, Train Smarter - Not Harder, Personal Trainer, Get your body back for summer.........0411 688 588
Rocco Gioffre - Lawn Mower Man, Repairs to Lawn Mowers, Wipper Snippers, Supply of Re-conditioned Mowers & Wipper Snippers................0423 524 457
Julie Stephenson - EB Admin Services.........................................0412 269 933
Mal's Garage - RWC's Repairs, Log Book Servicing....................0414 937 245
Craig McMahon - McMahon Auto Sales, First Choice for Fuel Efficient Late Model Hatchbacks, SUV's and Wagons. Southport.............................0427 244 880
Mike Nilon - Carby Specialist - Yatala......................................0408 819 911
FOR SALE
If your a KOA member and have an item For Sale let me know, I'll put it in our new Newletter, email me at [email protected]
SEALED POWER HEAVY DUTY HI VOLUME OIL PUMP SUIT CHEV SMALL or BIG BLOCK, Brand new still in original box with paper work $25.00
HOLDEN 6 cyl & V8, HK, HT & HG - NEW and protective Mylar covering MAX ELLERY'S FACTORY WORKSHOP MANUAL incl Brougham & Monaro Vehicles. $20.00
FORD XF Falcon, Fairmont & Fairmont Ghia Owners Manual $5.00
FORD 1987 Falcon, Fairmont, Ghia, Fairlane & LTD Service Handbook $5.00
THE END : Thanks for reading KOA's Newsletter, "Kustom News" any constructive criticism is welcome. Any issues please email me at [email protected] and put in your subject line "ATT KUSTOM NEWS"
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