Physical description
Holden, 50 years collection series
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Holden, 50 years collection series
Optional Automobile accessory lights added to vehicle to improve hight vision.
'Notek' Driving Lights (pair), oval shaped, with clear 'Road Master' circular lens & blue glass centre insert.Chrome plated rim. Stud post mount at base.
British Made
notek, driving lights
96 pages plus soft cover, saddle stapled with three fold out diagrams in pocket inside back cover.Printed in England by Index Publishers (Dunstable) Ltd., Dunstable, Beds. 11/47
commer, superpoise, commer cars
64 pages plus soft cover, saddle stapled. Printed black only.
Printed Jan., 1936
Booklet: 34 pages, plus two fold - outs and soft coverprinted in black only.
Printed in England by Mould Printing Co. Leyland & London
Manufactured by The Vulcan Motor and Engineering Company at Southport Lancashire, England. It's early history is unknown. It was resurected from an old disused brick kiln in Penrith, N. S.W. where it was in a rusty disused state. Restoration was completed about 1990., and included replacing many missing items, icluding having a reproduction 'Blacksmith' radiator mascot.
This truck is significant as it is representative of the early type of hand cranked (no starter motor) Vulcan trucks used in the Maffra district, particularly in the dairying industry. Allthough commonly used in the period, it is fairly rare, as not many have survived. It has cast iron wheels, with solid rubber tyres, at a time when most vehicles were using pneumatic tyres.
vulcan, vulcan truck, vintage truck, old truck
Electric Motor driven automotive horns were commonly used from circa 1915 to circa 1935 on cars, trucks and some tractors They make a distinctive deep and loud 'Ahooga' growl sound. Commonly used on American made automobiles, but also on a few European makes.
Car horn: 'North East Electric Co' Electric Motor Driven , 12 Volt made by North East Electric Company of Rochester, New Jersey, U.S.A. 1920's When horn button, usually on top of steering wheel, is pressed, the current activates the motor, which turns on a toothed ratchet, producing a 'Ahooga' sound, which is greatly magnified through the trumpet at the front.
Brass badge, acid etched: "North East Electric Co./ Rochester, New Jersey/Pat Pen/Model X/Volt 12/Serial No"; with 'North east Electric' logo on left
car horn, vintage car horn, klaxon horn, motor driven horn
Common in all service stations for engine oil top-up at pump service area by service station attendant.
Before 'self serve' pump operations service station attendants 'serviced' the vehicle on the forecourt whilst filling with petrol, checking oil levels, water etc.
Glass wide mouthed bottle with plastic conical spout and cap
Bottle - "FILL TO LINE INDICATED BY ARROW' & "500ml B.T. N.S.W." Spout - Golden Fleece logo with "GOLDEN FLEECE Supreme Motor Oil"
oil, oil bottle, golden fleece, motor oil, engine oil
Common in all service stations for engine oil top-up at pump service area by service station attendant.
Before 'self serve' pump operations service station attendants 'serviced' the vehicle on the forecourt whilst filling with petrol, checking oil levels, water etc.
Metal carry crate for 6 oil dispenser bottles
none
shell, oil, oil bottle, oil crate, golden fleece, castrol, motor oil, engine oil
Radiator cap from a 1914 Wolseley owned by Maffra architect Steven Ashton and featured in a photo of Maffra Post Office and Court House, just prior to the Great War, held by the East Gippsland Historical Society.
Solid brass, screw-on radiator cap with Vauxhall Griffion emblem attached. Griffion missing end of left front leg.
Inscribed "REG No 729889" under leading edge and "JOSEPH FRAY LTD, BIRMINGHAM" under trailing edge.
1914, maffra, ashton, wolseley, vauxhall, steven
A coloured rectangular metal sheet featuring 3 truck photographs of B Model Mac, 1954 Ford and 1934 AEC.
national road transport, hall of fame, alice springs n t, b model mac, 1954 ford, 1934 aec, shell rimula oils
This tie was given to Murray and Eva Noble of Boisdale by Jack Brabham in 1968. Their family donated it to The Maffra Shed for auction by Bill Welwood during a visit to the Vintage Drivers' Club to the Gippsland Vehicle Collection for a dinner at The Maffra Shed in 2005. Anne Phillips was the successful bidder and donated it to the Gippsland Vehicle Collection
Dark green terylene man's tie with 4 Brabham white and red badges one concealed woven in it, made of polyester fibre.
brabham jack, motor racing, racing car design
This wheel nut was found in a long abandoned car yard (Gino's) located in Maffra, Gippsland, and it belonged to a car from the Belsize Motorcar Company (England). A then local man, Frank Straw who found the wheel nut (in 1968) is the grandson of John Hughes. The latter did an apprenticeship as a coachbuilder with the Belsize Company of Manchester, England. He then emigrated (with his wife) to Australia in 1910 and settling in Maffra opened a coachbuilder's shop . He told his grandson that seven Belsize cars came to Australia and that one made its' way to Maffra where John Hughes worked on it at his shop. John Hughes).
Old gold coloured Belsize Wheel Nut (metal) and mounted on a rectangular block of wood.
Wheel nut is inscribed as follows: BELSIZE in middle of nut surrounded by four (one in each corner) decoration emblems (as seen in photo) surrounded by a gold circle. Around the outside of the circle are the words Belsize Motors Limited -an asterisk at the beginning and end of the company name. Outside the circle at the bottom is the word MANCHESTER. Around the edge of the top of the wheel nut are two gold line circles.
Book
MEMBERS FREE COPY stamped on front cover
guide, racv, camping, caravanning, braodbent
Workshop Manual
manual, ford, monarch, mercury, shop
Set of 10 Prints of Veteran Cars. A print of a watercolour scene for each car. Signed
armstrong siddeley 1904, fiat 1904, gregoire 1913, renault 1899, packard 1909, lanchester 1895, rolls royce 1906, ford 1906, benz 1885, napier 1900
Restored Cars Australia Number 157 Mar-Apr 2003 Restored Cars Australia Number 163 Mar-Apr 2004 Restored Cars Australia Number 173 Nov-Dec 2005 Restored Cars Australia Number 181 Mar-Apr 2007
magazines, restored cars
Framed MG Print (1 of 3)
framed, print, mg
Flags x 6
flag
Malvern Star Pushbike
malvern, star, pushbike, malvern star
Ex Warren Tice
warren, tice
Packard motor car CO. Hub Nuts x 2
motor car, car, motor, packard, co, hub, nuts, packard car co, car co, hub nuts
Overland Hub Nut (1 only)
hub, overland, nut, hub nut
Crossilly A Model Rear Light Set
rear, set, crossilly, a model, light, light set, rear light
5 Days V1 series, s-video
v1, v1 series
Framed MG Print (1 of 3)
framed, print, mg
Framed MG Print (1 of 3)
framed, print, mg
GP calender
gp, calender
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