Wheels at the Vaal 6th & 7th
September 2008
Our club is called "Vaal Old
Wheels" and this is our annual show. As usual it was held on the beautiful
Vaal river bank campus of the Northwest University in Vanderbijlpark. This
site is really ideal for a show of this type with ample exhibition as
well as parking space. Exhibitors are also allowed free camping or caravan
sites for the weekend with all amenities and ablutions available. As usual
the university administration spared no effort in ensuring that everything
was just right - they do get a large share of the profits after all. The show lasts for 2 days and
this years visitors were treated to a bigger and better show than ever
before. Attractions included the vintage stationary engine display area
(always one of the most popular with the public), vintage tractors and agricultural
equipment and machines. Displays of mealie (corn) grinding (Neville Botha's
team ground approximately 400 Kg's mealie meal over the 2 days), a working
Blacksmiths shop, sheep shearing displays every hour, stationary and traction
steam engines, tractor rides, flea market and food stalls, To add to the attractions there
were Formula One boat races being held on the river adjacent to the show
area and the Vereeniging Air Show was being held at the same time. A team
of Harvards gave us a very good aerobatic demonstration on Sunday. The local
fire and traffic departments also had stands and gave demonstrations. ********
Note re. the importance of "information boards" on engines ******** (This is mainly for my South
African friends but applies equally elsewhere) Something discussed recently
on the Old Engine list was the lack of "information boards" on engines.
South Africa is no exception here and many engines lacked information boards
(we call them "Brag Boards"). Even guys that I do know to own "Brag Boards"
for their engines (I KNOW because I've made boards for them at no charge)
did not bother to use them. |
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Engine Page 1 - Deutz, Douglas, Enfield, Famous, FF, Fuller & Johnson, Fairbanks Morse, Fowler.
I've attempted to sort the engine pages alphabetically (though not strictly so) click on these links to go to other pages.
Engines Page 2 IHC to Lorenz |
Engines Page 3 Norman to Stirling |
Engines Page 4 Wolseley |
Tractors |
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I've attempted to sort the engine pages alphabetically (though not strictly so) click on these links to go to other pages.
Engines Page 2 IHC to Lorenz |
Engines Page 3 Norman to Stirling |
Engines Page 4 Wolseley |
Tractors |
Other Stuff |