VCC Chelsea Hillclimb - Nov 3rd 2013

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Then it started to rain, so I hope there were no incidents. Once again, I missed Oldfart, so not sure if he was there as I didn't make it down to the paddock. Meanwhile, there was also a TACCOC meeting at Hampton Downs with a custom car show included, so spoilt for choice - particularly as Targa is also on at the moment..

[Oldfart]

No Ray, Oldfart was not there, he had issues with the tenants in his rental at the Bay of Islands which prevented him from attending (and after he had paid entry)

[Roger Dowding]

To ERC OLDFART and others, I am trying to track down a guy Lyle Chambers, member of the Waitemata branch of VCC, who owned a BSA car, a special which started out as a 1930's saloon and was converted to a sports car with tube chassis with the original front and rear suspension attached has a Ford 10 motor instead of the BSA but still front wheel drive, and a very basic body, it ran a supercharger for a while, Lyle owned it in the mid 70's and still had it in about 2000, ready to be retored. has naybody seen the car or the owner ??
cheers

Roger

[Oldfart]

Hi Roger, we are doing a bit of homework for you. North Shore branch, not Waitemata.

[Steve Holmes]

Fantastic photos Ray, thanks heaps for posting them.

[Steve Holmes]

By the way, what is car #14 in Post 3?

[Greg Mackie]

Just wondering about helmet rules.....the chap in the Sunbeam Roadster doesn't appear to be wearing one?

Some great photos of some lovely cars there.

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Car 14 is the Speedex - the forerunner to the Marcos (my car's baby brother...) - Jem Marsh's company before forming Marcos.

Non helmet cars were coming back down the hill (Sunbeam) or in the case of the lovely white Riley, a non competing car. I could be tempted into buying one of those (Riley) as my days of competing in the Marcos may well be coming to a close. Maybe being the operative word...

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks Ray, great info. Have the wheel openings been massaged, or is this how they left the factory? Nice looking car, almost like a miniature Echidna.

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http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speedex/index_files/Page402.htm

[GeebeeNZ]

If you want a video clip of the cars above try this youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9afQ4TjzwY