Spotted this today [Archive] - The Roaring Season

225sloper

05-29-2013, 10:47 PM

Thought i would start this thread on things that are spotted while out on your daily chores.It can be anything from a racecar being towed down the motorway,something in someones shed,a customised car gone bad,anything rare or even funny.I spot alot of stuff on any given day some cool some strange.So lets see what is out there. . .

225sloper

05-29-2013, 10:56 PM

This is something i spotted a while back when given a mate a lift,it didnt take us long to work out what it was. I took these photos on my phone and thats when the owner saw us and had a chat,i will give details out abit later.1862918630186311863218633

Shoreboy57

05-29-2013, 11:16 PM

Can't wait for the answer to "why?"

Oldfart

05-30-2013, 03:40 AM

That is almost as ugly as Lady Penelopes' car, wait a bit, it is as ugly!

Rod Grimwood

05-30-2013, 04:02 AM

What else would you do with a 5

Spgeti

05-30-2013, 05:51 AM

That is butt ugly....but I suppose the owner loves it...!!!!

shellsport

05-30-2013, 06:58 AM

Almost as ugly as the creation of a engishman called John Dodd , I had in a 70,s magazine " Hot Car " with a Rolls Royce grill and Merlin powered . Man those poms had / have some weird ideas on " Hot rods " !

Michael Clark

05-30-2013, 07:04 AM

Loos like Harris Road East Tamaki

bry3500

05-30-2013, 09:07 AM

on the subject of Poms and Hot Rods - Triumph Mayflower anyone ?

thunder427

05-30-2013, 11:01 AM

..apart from the Bentley Mesh grill, I actually like that 'Flower'!...Different, even if its deemed 'Ugly', a shit load of quality workmanship has gone into this 'Green Machine' !!!......................MJ

John McKechnie

05-30-2013, 06:47 PM

I think this car is absolutely perfect and well proportioned .
The Packard style front from the 30s.
The headlamps flow right to the rear wheel arches.
This truly is a magnificent work of art .
Never tire of looking at this as the knife edge coachwork is so complex.

nigel watts

05-30-2013, 07:58 PM

Wow, love that Triumph. Be interesting to know what powers it.

bry3500

05-30-2013, 09:34 PM

Wow, love that Triumph. Be interesting to know what powers it.

blown 331 Chrysler Hemi

225sloper

05-30-2013, 10:44 PM

What else would you do with a 5Yeah thats right Mazda MX5. . .powered by Jag V12 was talking to the owner and he said did all the work himself and is building up a new Jag V12 this time twin turbo.And yes Harris Rd East Tamaki

Rod Grimwood

05-30-2013, 11:05 PM

What else would you do with a 5

It is certainly different.

Spgeti

05-30-2013, 11:10 PM

The Triumph is certainly cool.....top chop really suits it and the Hemi......

Rod Grimwood

05-30-2013, 11:16 PM

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Not a car but, dropped into a mates workshop while down North Shore on Tuesday and a guy had bought one of his collections to show him.

I did not believe my eyes when I saw it.

This was the bees knees in 1974

It IS new 1974 Kawasaki Z1 900

Rod Grimwood

05-30-2013, 11:20 PM

Beautiful.

John McKechnie

05-30-2013, 11:46 PM

A beautitul addition to any serious collectors mancave, a fine investment.
Was the bees knees then, still does it for me now
Exactly the same colour as my 1974 Kawasaki 750 H2B

ElCoyote

05-30-2013, 11:50 PM

I want it

crunch

05-31-2013, 01:57 AM

I am starting to collect older motorcycles and have a shopping list. The GT750 Suzuki waterbucket and the Kawasaki H1 500 are on it as roadbikes. Suzuki RG500 Mk.3 and Yamaha Tz750D already sourced. That Kawasaki is a wonderfully detailed and restored piece of kit

nzeder

05-31-2013, 02:48 AM

Although not spotted - it did come up when having an online chat/helping them with an issue
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Anyway one of the ladies that works for us in the French office - her husband has restored just those bikes Kawasaki H1 500 and the waterbus....I will have to find them and post them up.

EDIT: Found them - sorry was not a waterbus....I think she said that was a friend of her husbands that had the bus.

First up a Kawasaki Z 1000 along with a Kawasaki 900 Z1B and the Kawasaki 250 SAMURAI
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Next is the Kawasaki 500 H1E
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Last is the bike he is working on currently Honda CB 750 K0
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Oldfart

05-31-2013, 03:14 AM

on the subject of Poms and Hot Rods - Triumph Mayflower anyone ?
Is this not the bigger sister Renown? Looks a bit too long for a Mayflower. Not my kind of car but very well done.

jamie

05-31-2013, 03:28 AM

You would FALL off Coyote Man HE HE Jamie

John McKechnie

05-31-2013, 04:50 AM

Jamie- if it was a 1970-71 500 Mach 3 it would throw him, these were definitely more tractable.

bry3500

05-31-2013, 06:12 AM

Is this not the bigger sister Renown? Looks a bit too long for a Mayflower. Not my kind of car but very well done.

Def a Mayflower. My Mum owned 2 of them.:eek: The hot rod has been seriously lengthened..

Oldfart

05-31-2013, 06:29 AM

Def a Mayflower. My Mum owned 2 of them.:eek: The hot rod has been seriously lengthened..

My family had one, towed a 12' caravan with it in the 50's, side valve and all!

bry3500

05-31-2013, 06:34 AM

My family had one, towed a 12' caravan with it in the 50's, side valve and all!

What happened when you got to a hill ? That sidevalve had a taste for head gaskets as I remember

nigel watts

05-31-2013, 07:44 AM

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John McKechnie

05-31-2013, 08:14 AM

Now THAT is a real bike. Standing quarter in 12.25 seconds-in 1970

Oldfart

05-31-2013, 09:00 AM

What happened when you got to a hill ? That sidevalve had a taste for head gaskets as I remember

From what I remember, never a problem, well it got there, but slowly. Inside the purpose built 12' caravan was an 11'6" yacht! Went pretty much all over NZ!

225sloper

06-01-2013, 10:56 AM

Wow . . . all those bikes are cool

crunch

06-02-2013, 11:31 AM

18664

Thats the one I need!
Found the ex-Trevor Discombe TZ750, now to try to entice the owner to part with it...

ITOW4U

06-02-2013, 11:35 AM

Thought i would start this thread on things that are spotted while out on your daily chores.
As my job has me on the road quite a bit I do get to see my share of things on the road. Here are a couple to start off.....
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/really/omg2.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/really/omg2.jpg.html)
Check out his bonnet scoop
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/really/omg3.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/really/omg3.jpg.html)

While we are on things being green...
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/really/omg1.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/really/omg1.jpg.html)

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/really/CIMG0673.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/really/CIMG0673.jpg.html)

ITOW4U

06-02-2013, 11:45 AM

Things being towed!!
This was going past my house...must have been a BYO BBQ
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/IMG00013-20090320-1547.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/IMG00013-20090320-1547.jpg.html)

Not everyday you see a plane being towed
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/really/CIMG1087.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/really/CIMG1087.jpg.html)

The comby is actually being towed by a tow truck
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/On%20the%20Street/wtf1.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/On%20the%20Street/wtf1.jpg.html)

Was wondering why the traffic was going so slow - check out the tow rope between the first two cars
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Motiv8or/really/wwht.jpg (http://s181.photobucket.com/user/Motiv8or/media/really/wwht.jpg.html)

bry3500

06-02-2013, 01:00 PM

Is the 'wing' in pic #1 a plank of wood?!!!

nigel watts

06-02-2013, 09:02 PM

Spotted this at the top of the Kaimais a couple of years ago - and it's not a replica!!

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crunch

06-03-2013, 12:13 AM

Spotted this at the top of the Kaimais a couple of years ago - and it's not a replica!!

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Best part of the picture is Sally from the cares movie on the door....

225sloper

06-03-2013, 09:55 AM

This stuff is great guys

SPman

06-04-2013, 05:48 AM

$2,300 in '74. How much now?
My Ducati GT750 was $2,450 and the Z would walk away..... My 750 SS however..........

GD66

06-04-2013, 08:01 AM

18664

Nice, but this is my favourite Kawasaki triple from the 70s...
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Oldfart

06-04-2013, 06:18 PM

The Kwaka in #41 is very nice, even to a non Kwaka person.

John McKechnie

06-04-2013, 06:26 PM

Would this be Eric Bones?

John McKechnie

06-04-2013, 06:27 PM

18664

Check out trade me under Kawasaki 500 H1, I am sure this is the same bike.

Habu

06-04-2013, 06:34 PM

Thats the one I need!
Found the ex-Trevor Discombe TZ750, now to try to entice the owner to part with it...

Hey Crunch,
I have a friend I was talking to during the weekend who has an immaculate TZ750 he will be selling shortly if youre interested....

crunch

06-05-2013, 01:55 AM

Nice, but this is my favourite Kawasaki triple from the 70s...
18677

Oh; that is mouth-watering! Is that the 250 2 stroke?

crunch

06-05-2013, 01:57 AM

YES! please get him to email me on crunch1@xtra.co.nz

SPman

06-05-2013, 05:37 AM

[QUOTE=nzeder;29342]

First up a Kawasaki Z 1000 along with a Kawasaki 900 Z1B and the Kawasaki 250 SAMURAI
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A Kawaski A1SS - not many of them around - I 've ridden the A7SS Avenger, back in the day......great bikes! It was quicker than my 350 Triple. That's a seriously nice garage.

GD66

06-05-2013, 09:48 AM

Oh; that is mouth-watering! Is that the 250 2 stroke?

500 H1R-A. Yummy, huh ?

crunch

06-05-2013, 08:45 PM

Be as rare as rocking-horse poo no doubt. Wonder if it's for sale?

GD66

06-06-2013, 02:24 AM

They are very scarce, that one was photographed at Dijon. Ginger Molloy rode one to second in the world 500 title in 1970 behind Ago's MV. This one, in fact...
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John McKechnie

06-06-2013, 06:21 PM

In his book, Croz said he raced one here. That and a Kawasaki 750 H2 in the production races.
In the pic above bike has twin leading discs.
Discs were not fitted till 72 on production bikes, so what year is this pic GD66 ?
In pic 46 the H1R has drum brakes.
Dave Simmons 1971 Title winning H1R bike had drums.

ERC

06-06-2013, 09:33 PM

Shouldn't these bikes be on a new thread? We seem to have drifted away from the OP's thread.

Not today, but is this the design for a sprint version or a motorkhana car?

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woody

06-07-2013, 12:45 AM

Twin steer Toyota. Easy for parking.

GD66

06-08-2013, 08:15 AM

In the pic above bike has twin leading discs.
Discs were not fitted till 72 on production bikes, so what year is this pic GD66 ?

Dave Simmons 1971 Title winning H1R bike had drums.

Correct, the Molloy bike lives in Vic these days and is owned and ridden by Brendan May : his brother Brad rides the similar ex-Kenny Blake H1-R. I suspect the pic is from the early 2000s, as we don't see them much these days, but the Period 4 class they run in has a 1972 cutoff, and I'd say the discs are off a 1972 Suzuki GT750.

ERC, the bikes should probably be on a separate thread but it is after all a THREAD, which do tend to meander all over the joint. Plenty of other recent threads have morphed into warm fuzzy love-ins and mutual appreciation societies, which I think is one of the best features of a forum of this nature, re-uniting race friends and foes alike, with a common passion having laid dormant for far too long. Surely that's a good thing ! But a separate thread is ok too, so I've PM'd our fearless leader to swing into mod mode.

ERC

06-08-2013, 08:40 PM

Thanks GD66. Totally agree. There are so many enthusiasts on here for the bikes, I just felt that it would get more hits as a dedicated thread, as I can't be the only one who doesn't read every post in every single thread. Who knows what is hidden in the depths of some of these threads?

There is some great stuff on here and i am sure that for those who are somewhat isolated by virtue of working for themselves, are retired or living away, diving in is a substitute for old the tea room chat.

crunch

06-08-2013, 09:51 PM

There is some great stuff on here and i am sure that for those who are somewhat isolated by virtue of working for themselves, are retired or living away, diving in is a substitute for old the tea room chat.

...and some of us trapped at home looking after 3 pre-schoolers that happened along late in life!...now where have they gone, it's very quiet

225sloper

06-09-2013, 12:26 AM

Spotted this last month a very nice car and pretty rare.This one is the real deal.18729187301873118732

ERC

06-11-2013, 06:09 AM

Local tradesman. Sorry, I can't for the life of me name it (not my forte), so I know you guys will, so that I can file it!...

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mid-year

06-11-2013, 08:35 PM

18793Super clean South-African Perana...check out this dual purpose unit!

Rod Grimwood

09-12-2013, 02:40 AM

Found this, maybe some one would like a project.

1976 Hillman Avenger Alpine.

motor and front suspension missing but the rest is pretty good as was in shed until delivered to yard for disposal.
Body is basically rust free and is straight.

If interested give me a yell it is at a friends yard.

Rod Grimwood

09-12-2013, 02:41 AM

More photos

It is really pretty good for someone who is into these.

Oldfart

09-13-2013, 06:51 AM

You been to ATJ?

nzeder

09-15-2013, 12:14 AM

That Hillman Alpine is listed on trademe see here.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/other-accessories/auction-637988179.htm

And if you picked up this one with mint running gear you could make one from these and it could be on a track near you.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/parts-other-makes/engines/auction-638410877.htm

Cheers
Mike

Racer Rog

09-15-2013, 08:07 AM

Not a silly idea, they go well, ask Noddy Murdoch!
Roger

Grant Ellwood

09-15-2013, 09:23 AM

Not a silly idea, they go well, ask Noddy Murdoch!
Roger

Won the British saloon car championship back in its day, driven I think by Bernard Unett.

Carlo

09-15-2013, 09:51 AM

Won the British saloon car championship back in its day, driven I think by Bernard Unett.
And won the 1976 Rally of NZ driven by Andrew Cowan

nigel watts

09-15-2013, 08:17 PM

Remember these

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Rod Grimwood

09-16-2013, 04:57 AM

You been to ATJ?

You are correct, it is in pretty good condition really and a shame if it was lost.

Shoreboy57

09-24-2013, 03:21 AM

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What were they thinking. Loving how this Beemer is matching the safety barriers. Photo doesn't do justice to dayglo trim on the wheels

Rod Grimwood

09-24-2013, 03:38 AM

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What were they thinking. Loving how this Beemer is matching the safety barriers. Photo doesn't do justice to dayglo trim on the wheels

Classic, good part of that new 'wrap' put it on to tidy car or remove when finished if only for promo. Nephew does it on boats and cars, very effective. Good on boats, seen a few commercial boats up here and it lasts good.