Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others

[Roger Dowding]

update May 2016 .
As can be seen this thread has developed into the
" Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others ", as better represents the content and have many more Healey related photos.
Appreciate the input from others
. Any contributions, copies of brochures, photos of Healey's or Healey related, are most welcome.. thanks for any contributions ..

The Le Mans Relay Races 1982 83 and on :
I am trying to gather information on these events held in February 1982 and 1983 [ I competed in 1983 ], the events were organised by Jaguar Drivers, initially - from what I have learn't and then Porsche Club.

Does anyone have results from particularly the 1982 and 1983 events.

I have approached the Jaguar Drivers Club and they have a VHS tape of the 1983 event, which I am hopefully getting on DVD at some stage, via the JDC. regret to say that did not happen

Any information would be appreciated, Private message me and I will give my E-mail address.

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copy of the program attached
Roger

Have edited the Post to now include the Austin Healey Car Club Maioro Road, Otaua, Hillclimbs of the 1982 - 1990 with photos from 1985, 1988 and some other years.
They were held near Waiuku in Franklin County, one of the most supportive Councils for motor racing, with Pukekohe Race Track and numerous Hillclimbs and Rally Stages being run there.

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The thread includes other Healey Cars as well Pre Austin Healey - hence the note
- " covers Healeys in general ### 47 "

Please Note ; This thread is not an Official " Austin Healey Car Club of New Zealand " publication - but my own story - however much information does come from AHCCNZ sources - with thanks to Mark Donaldson - founder, First President in 1972 and now the current President. Mark has a huge archive on things Austin Healey and just Healey..

[Ross Hollings]

Sure i did a couple of those,once in a Scimitar and again in my 998 Mini Cooper,seem to remember you had to do a "Dummy" plug change,and wasent an armband involved. Seem to remember the 240Z guys with Japanese headbands "Banzai"or Kamakaze on them.

[Roger Dowding]

Sure i did a couple of those,once in a Scimitar and again in my 998 Mini Cooper,seem to remember you had to do a "Dummy" plug change,and wasent an armband involved. Seem to remember the 240Z guys with Japanese headbands "Banzai"or Kamakaze on them.

Ross, yes dummy plug change, wheel change and top up oil, the Z Guys were entered [ two teams of four ] in 1983, too .. and there was a Team of 4 Scimitars that year

[Roger Dowding]

I wonder if the JDC would mind if you put it on Youtube? I can see Dad's name on the Scimitar team and I'm sure he'd love to watch it for old times' sake.

Paul, Hi,
Waiting to hear about the " Video ", currently in VHS format, I have asked to have it put on DVD, and will then try to post to TRS
as a U-tube item, no idea how long it will be.

One of the photos I have ;

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By any chance would your father Keith, have any information on it, an old magazine.. see he was car 211, I was car 73, they put each team at increments of ten, first team had car one, second team car 11 - Eleven, 22 four car teams in all. there are some great names in the entries

[Roger Dowding]

If he does have any pictures it's likely to be just him and a couple of mates leaning on his car. He doesn't really have any pictures of back then. I'll ask though.....

Looked at your posts and just behind the Healeys is a Lotus Seven, - Steel Bros type, the car in yellow.. would have been one of three, later models,
No #185, 1978 Bob Harmon, # 223 1977 Rowan Shatgy, or # 225 1980 Murray Walker, the only other seven was a 1961 model of Dennis Ganley # 181
.

[Roger Dowding]

The Program and Entrants.
Le Mans Classic Relay Race 1983 - Pukekohe - Saturday, February 26th, 1983, Organised by Jaguar Drivers Club NZ.

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Hope you can read the names, had an issue resizing the program -

[Roger Dowding]

Scenes from the Austin Healey Car Club pits.

Frank Karl and that " Purple " 3000 both needing refuelling ??
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Barry Moon the two tone 100 and Ross Osborne with his 100/6 the changeover.
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Another shot of the same two
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[Roger Dowding]

Some more ;
Myself in my 1955 100.

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Ross Osborne - a pit stop [ not the changeover ]
The lady in the " white " overalls is Phil Ganley, was married to Dennis Ganley [ Howdens brother ] of the famous Ganley racing family, Dennis and Howdens father was a serious competitor in the 1950's

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Cameron Mackay 3000 in the helmet, with Phil and another Healey Club lady
myself - yellow T shirt and Adrian Rhodens assisting in the pit stop - Adrian and Phil both ran Bugeye's in the event.
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[Roger Dowding]

and more ;

Tay Urlwin in the 100 M Spec.
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Team Manager Lyle Chambers talking to Tay
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Ross Osborne 100 Six - The photographer John Dowding provided our support vehicle to Ford Falcon Van from his employer at the time - he was the sales and delivery Boy..
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Adrian Rhodens Yellow Bugeye at the back ..

[Roger Dowding]

Wheel change - Frank Karl's Purple Healey - well known in classic racing circles in the 80's.

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The Team - a lot of them at the finish, Beers out already.

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The above photos, all by John Dowding, who provide the Ford Falcon service transport too !!.
Thanks John.
PS John is the son of Eddie Dowding from Northern Sports Car Club - the early years thread.

[ERC]

Interesting! As I arrived in NZ January 1983, this was one of the first events I ever attended in NZ. I was at a small meeting today and no less than three of those in that entry list were there - and had he not been at Laguna Seca, there would have been 4.

The sad thing is that as many of these older cars have increased in value, it is now too risky to race them - notwithstanding rules regarding roll cages etc.

Part of a golden age when they could round up so many Morgans, Austin Healeys and Daimler SP250s.

When TACCOC took over the Le Mans, I remember Marsden Robinson's hilarious team manager's meeting. At that meeting, we were miffed that our team of MG's all had steel wheels and 4 wheel nuts whereas the other MG team had wire wheels and could do the compulsory pit stop and wheel change so much quicker! Lots of fun though.

Frank Karl's Healey has been green for a few years now and we had some great dices at the McLaren Festival, somewhere near the tail end of the Sports GT grid.

[Roger Dowding]

Sure i did a couple of those,once in a Scimitar and again in my 998 Mini Cooper,seem to remember you had to do a "Dummy" plug change,and wasent an armband involved. Seem to remember the 240Z guys with Japanese headbands "Banzai"or Kamakaze on them.

the armband change with myself fitting the band to Barry Moon's arm. Barry was a serious peddler of a Mark two Escort in the 1970's

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[John McKechnie]

Rodger-Barry Moon has just retired from his Upholstery business.
His red MK2 Escort he sold to the Golden Card sponsored racer Hilly Hill, who runs it at Historic meetings

[ERC]

It's interesting isn't it, many of those cars were only 15 or so years old. What I assume is my car was only 5 years old and was in the TACCOC team. We seem to have fixed a certain date in our head as to what constitutes a classic. The same meeting today should, by rights, be made up of cars from around the year 2000 with some from as recently as 2010.
Good point and one that is lost with some campaigners of older machinery. When I said we'd allow in 1996 MGF's and equivalents, some people were appalled, claiming we'd be overrun with 'modern' cars. We haven't been, but at least our numbers are holding up well, though the proportion of slightly newer classics increases each year.

You can't wander the scrapyards and breakers now to keep genuinely old cars on the road at a reasonable cost.

If we don't move forward, we die. What the H & C Commission have never fully addressed, is not what constitutes a classic, but what constitutes a thoroughbred. So having a set of 'T & C' rules that doesn't actually cover Thoroughbreds at all, is something that needs addressing.

[Roger Dowding]

Rodger-Barry Moon has just retired from his Upholstery business.
His red MK2 Escort he sold to the Golden Card sponsored racer Hilly Hill, who runs it at Historic meetings

John, Thanks for the info, didn't realise his Escort was still around, I had heard that Barry retired, He tried to sell the business to Cameron McKay who is one of the Red Healeys in this thread, Cameron was a near neighbour of mine in late 70's and a friend, Barry was/is a great Guy, we travelled together to a Healey Club National Rally meeting at Masterton in 1987, in his 3000 at the time, as my Hundred 4 car # 73 in the thread was unreliable.
I sold my Healey in 1995 to Lance Elliott and Panelbeater of some note, who has restored many of the Historic Midget cars. I understand my Healey was restored too!!, It needed it, was unoriginal in a number of places, Front Brakes and Suspension in particular were from an Austin A50 Cambridge, had bigger brakes on the back than the front.. scary !!

[ERC]

Didn't Lance Elliott race Minis? He resprayed my Allegro Equipe that got scuffed during the shipping to NZ.

Barry Moon raced in the ERC Series with his Escort and as is often the case, I got him to recover some household upholstery. Last saw him at the January Festival.

Frank Karl retired from Air NZ earlier this year and I think the Healey was being refreshed by RaceFX when I last called in.

I think Rob Douglas still owns his Daimler SP250.

[Roger Dowding]

Interesting! As I arrived in NZ January 1983, this was one of the first events I ever attended in NZ. I was at a small meeting today and no less than three of those in that entry list were there - and had he not been at Laguna Seca, there would have been 4.

The sad thing is that as many of these older cars have increased in value, it is now too risky to race them - notwithstanding rules regarding roll cages etc.

Part of a golden age when they could round up so many Morgans, Austin Healeys and Daimler SP250s.

When TACCOC took over the Le Mans, I remember Marsden Robinson's hilarious team manager's meeting. At that meeting, we were miffed that our team of MG's all had steel wheels and 4 wheel nuts whereas the other MG team had wire wheels and could do the compulsory pit stop and wheel change so much quicker! Lots of fun though.

Frank Karl's Healey has been green for a few years now and we had some great dices at the McLaren Festival, somewhere near the tail end of the Sports GT grid.

ERC, I know what you mean, my 100/4 # 73 had been modified and ran Hotwire Mag wheels, 4 stud, so the same slow wheel change. for the Plug change we all had fitted under the bonnet a bracket that had a " Spark Plug " in a threaded mounting, so you didn't break a plug on the car. Rules are a guideline, i am sure.. use of lower case i. OK. ..

Frank's Healey, ran at Ohakea Reunion, was there, way back when, thinking 1982 !, he at one time ran a F5000, that was a recreation by Race R/X, Andy Culpin.

[Andrew Metford]

Frank's Healey, ran at Ohakea Reunion, was there, way back when, thinking 1981, he at one time ran a F5000, that was a recreation by Race R/X, Andy Culpin.

The RFX5000.

[Roger Dowding]

In 1982 the Austin Healey Car Club of New Zealand, organised its first Hill Climb, the event at Otaua, which the club ran annually until 1990. the MG Car Club took over the event and I am unsure if it still runs.
Reg Whittaker a local Waiuku guy, initial R O W, was known in the AHCC as " Reg of Waiuku ", was a local school teacher and had lived in the area all of his life, he knew the locals and was able to get consent from those effected by the event.
After each run the road was opened so locals could come and go from their properties, then closed for the next run.
The local Tavern provide the Scrutineering area in the car park, as before opening time 7;30 a.m on, and was the site of the prizegiving and story telling.

I have photos from several years of the event, some undated, and was involved as competitor in 1983, Marshall most other years and organiser of permits Road Closure etc for the last few years, 1988 - 1990. R O W was always helping, as did his brother Bruce and the members of the AHCC including Ross Cammick.

Was going to start a new thread, but thought as It is AHCC related would start here.
just a few shots to begin - years unknown.

Healey in front is the Clerk of Course car - Peter Nelligan who now lives in Wellington NZ and he and Diane still have the car [ update Nov 2019 ]
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On the road by the start
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A beautiful Lotus -*** the Eleven X1 - rebuilt / restored by Peter Bruin - car is ex the Ganley family Father Jim, sons Howden and Dennis who also ran a Jarvie bodied Ford 10 Special .. the car now back with the Ganley family in its 1960's Ganley livery
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Whose is it, What is it ??
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John Wigston's single seater is a well known car - comments required.
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There are some 70-100 photos to follow as I get them sorted.

These may a bit smaller than TRS can take - may have to upsize just like Macca's !!

[Andrew Metford]

Roger, the Otaua Hill Climb is alive and well, and has been for at least the last 15 years I've been a member of the MGCC. The MGCC ( Auckland ) still organise and run it, in fact the 2015 edition was run just a couple of weeks ago.

[Oldfart]

I think that is Peter Bruin's 11. RIP Pete

[Roger Dowding]

Roger, the Otaua Hill Climb is alive and well, and has been for at least the last 15 years I've been a member of the MGCC. The MGCC ( Auckland ) still organise and run it, in fact the 2015 edition was run just a couple of weeks ago.

JAFA, that is great to hear, we the AHCCNZ, passed on all our files on the Hill Climb when MGCC asked to take it over, we were too small to run it after a while and from memory the Club committee was changing and became based in Wellington with only a regional rep in Auckland, Les Meggett, who was Clerk of the Course for a number of the years, the latter ones 1986 - 1990, I think.

[Roger Dowding]

I think that is Peter Bruin's 11. RIP Pete

I think so too, but no notes on the Picture, saw Pete run this when first rebuilt at the Concourse in Te Atatu at a bent sprint.

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I think that is Peter Bruin's 11. RIP Pete
probably him with his back to the camera wearing yardley overalls

[Ross Hollings]

[Lotus Eleven photo]Peter in picture on right hand side,[back to camera]wearing his Peter Revson's Yardley overalls.As to be expected of Peter,another work of art.

[Roger Dowding]

These are from the 1988 event.
As mentioned the Otaua Tavern Car Park was the venue for documentation and scrutineering, and issue of one day Racing licences for casual competitors - this was done through TACCOC as AHCCNZ was not MANZ affiliated then.

Scrutineering;
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Venue for the Prizegiving, just across that car park
Our President at the time Brad Chibnall with the cap on by the door
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My Healey 100, that ran at the Le Mans relay race in 1983
Not sure if I was tired and getting out of the sun or the car needed work.
Was a Flag Marshall that day at a point near the end of the run.
Ran the car here in 1983, no pictures though.
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Spectator cars Richard Leaper by the Lotus [ his ] Lyle Chambers by the MGB, [ Richard's mothers ] and a Hillman Hunter wagon for support.
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Healeys of the spectators and Marshalls
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some of the crowd, including BMC BOY he has probably never seen this photo, as a Photographer you don't get to " shoot " yourself - cheers Ross,
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To follow action on the Hill and more background shots.
The Hill started downhill, which was great for older cars where uphill clutch starts could be damaging, the there was a sharp left, which you had to decide where it was and start to turn otherwise you would run wide and have to slow down, then a big sweeping curve, through a wiggly section a couple more curve to the finish, and a short run-off.
cars then had to wait and the whole field would return while the road was open to the residents and public. The residents were great, some of the public not so co-operative though.

cheers
Roger

[Roger Dowding]

A Healey Sprite to start the set;
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Lotus Cortina
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Lotus Cortina again
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Alfa Guilia [ 105 ] for Spgeti and friends, cheers Bruce.
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Sports Cars a Lotus Seven s4, Steel Bros. !!
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and a TVR Vixen !!.
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coming up, Jaguars, A Lancia, the Alfa 105 and some Germans, a BMW and a Porsche.

[Spgeti]

I will have a look at my old club membership list and see if I can identify the owner of the 105. Cheers

[Roger Dowding]

Jaguars , one brave soul in an XK140.

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[Spgeti]

I will have a look at my old club membership list and see if I can identify the owner of the 105. Cheers

Ivan Cranch, 69 1750 GTV

[Roger Dowding]

Ivan Cranch, 69 1750 GTV

Thanks Spgeti ; Ivan may remember what year(s) he competed. I recoginise the name.
Bruce look at the next few pics the 105 is there again from the front - No Rego plate, no bumpers .

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the view from the back again - repeated as meant to comment - the two people sitting by the fence are Bruce and Yvonne Whittaker, Bruce is Reg's brother and a Waiuku local too !!. We had them sit there for the first few years until a MANZ Steward, after there was an off near the finish suggested they get behind the fence.
Also note in top right corner the white sign that was the Stop sign to confirm you had crossed the finish line where the chequered flag is and the AHCCNZ sign.

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The Germans, well a couple of them.

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[Spgeti]

Interesting Roger as the grill is a GTV2000. The tail lights are GTV1750 on the first photo.

[Oldfart]

Roger, somewhat difficult to ask Ivan himself, sadly passed away, but family may remember.

[Roger Dowding]

Roger, somewhat difficult to ask Ivan himself, sadly passed away, but family may remember.

Oldfart, thanks for the note, hopefully his car is still around and being used well.

[Roger Dowding]

some of the cars that have featured already are here, so the ones I marked 1986, may be 1985 - these set has the Kodak stamp on the back Mar 85, and a leaflet advertising Kodak VHS and Beta tapes.. now that is a memory ..!!.

An interesting group of Sports Cars.
Lotii and BSA..

Lotus 11
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and close up
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Ralph Watsons BSA Special.
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and again
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More Lotii ..
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[Roger Dowding]

More Lotii, the second Seven was supposed to be in the first set.

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Ford Cortinas- powered by Lotus or was it " Lotus powered by Ford ".
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Rob Whitehouse amazing Lancia Stratos - believe left NZ a few years later for the UK.
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and the Stratos again
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Another E-type
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To follow, Healey's big and small, Daimler SP250's, Marcos, Morgan, Buckler, Sunbeam and a Triumph TR, from the 1985 shots, then we will move to 1988 again

[Roger Dowding]

Roger, the Otaua Hill Climb is alive and well, and has been for at least the last 15 years I've been a member of the MGCC. The MGCC ( Auckland ) still organise and run it, in fact the 2015 edition was run just a couple of weeks ago.

Must mention the " Eligibilty " of the vehicles that could compete, it was based around Classic Sports as the Healeys were, and allowed saloons of Classic status but a very important part of the acceptance was a clause that said,
" any vehicle acceptable to the organisers "
, hence vintage " the BSA " and single seaters that were not road registered, John Wigstons car and a couple of others that did compete.
Was a big event to organise for a club that was largely social and not into competitive events, they ran Gymkhana's in the early days with kids as passengers, a bit like Vintage Clubs did, then a few got the racing / competing bug and moved into those events, the Hill Climb the Le mans relay races etc..

Not sure what the rules are these days.

[Andrew Metford]

It's largely club / race / Targa cars and road cars, with a few rally cars now and then. Thames Valley Car Club usually have a few members in attendance, at least they did when I was around to see it. Not sure if you could put a single seater in it these days.

I'll enter it again one day when I finish working over the ditch.

[Roger Dowding]

A much modified 3000, think it is Frank Karls purple one in another iteration, small windscreen and has the side vents and those big hotwire type wheels.

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getting closer
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Up close
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same colour but smaller " I shrunk the Healey !! "
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another Sprite - this may have been at the Classic Le Mans races at Pukekohe but on the same film " mar 85 ".
Cameron Mackay and a hidden Team Healey guy working on the wheel.
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[Roger Dowding]

Three shots of Daimler SP250's , and a TR5, [ I think - cut the tail off, bad panning ].

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change of colour
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and the TR - they did share some mechanicals I believe .. steering rack, suspension or ??.
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[Roger Dowding]

Some of the rarer competitors - all sports cars

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Morgan - Derek Atkinson was a regular entrant - but is this him ??
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Buckler I love these, remember Bruce Sutcliffe as a regular competitor in various events - unsure whose this is !!
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Marcos, please help me here, think this one was Volvo powered !!

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That is the last of 1985 pics

1988 to follow

[Roger Dowding]

JAFA " I'll enter it again one day when I finish working over the ditch. " were are you this land of Ours / Auss, I am in Queensland between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast on an Island that has a Road Bridge - the only such Island in QLD.
Probably will not compete again, but would love to spectate again, as I did some years, most years I was a Marshall and / or Organiser.

[Andrew Metford]

Based in Perth, work in and around the North West Shelf / Pilbara area. My commute to work ( each way ) is the same distance as Auckland to Invercargill, fortunately work transports me, and it's not daily.

When I tell me friends at home it takes me 2 hours on a jet plane to get to work, then I stay there for 4 weeks and work every day of those 4 weeks, then fly back to town and have a week off before doing it all again, they can't comprehend it, working 1600-odd km's away from where you live and the time away from civilisation and everything people take for granted etc. I guess you can't unless you've actually done it. It took me a while to get used to it.

It's been an experience, I'll tell you that, and not always good either. It's very draining, mentally more than physically, and I can understand why suicide is such a big problem in the industry.

Not long now, 16 months and counting, can't wait to get out of here, hot sandy hell hole, and that's just Perth!!

[John McKechnie]

Roger -are you on Briebie Island, eating Moreton Bay Bugs ?
22 years ago a Kiwi over there got me to come over and trim a 1912 Model T for him- he couldnt find a Trimmer over there.
It had a Road Bridge, and cane toads to soften your steps at night.

[ERC]

Some of the rarer competitors - all sports cars

Marcos, please help me here, think this one was Volvo powered !!

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That is the last of 1985 pics.



When the AHCC dropped out, MGCC picked it up! Derek Prior, then the MGCC President and I got involved. I changed the timing system that the MGCC used which was electronic, one car at a time on the hill, which is not very efficient. Timing to 1/100th of a second is not required, so I initiated three or 4 stopwatches at the finish line, with a radio call from the start line "car #39: 3 - 2 -1 Go!"

I had all results printed out at the Tavern almost as soon as the track had been cleared from the last run...

Yellow Marcos looks to be my car, based on the Cosmic wheels, too large rear tyres and probably driven by Richard Atkinson, but the graphics on the side don't strike a chord and I can't see the lower sill, which is the main give away. If so, yes, 3 litre Volvo - one of just 198 made and one of the few with a competition history, as most racers in Europe use the smaller, lighter B20 (1800cc) engine.

OR - It could be Pete Johns from Napier... It would be nice to be sure. The only other Marcos Volvo 3 litre in the country was/is black, owned and raced then by Dave Walker.


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This was taken in 1985 too, definitely Richard Atkinson (my car) and there is probably a difference in driver helmets as well as the graphics, and no MOC badge in the lower left screen. So who knows? Maybe Richard had only just bought it?

Richard eventually had two Marcos, both painted yellow. Your pic is most likely the Volvo one as I don't think he'd then acquired the Ford V6 which was blue and plywood chassis, currently owned by Historic Formula Ford racer Phil Foulkes (unless he's sold it).

The red Daimler SP250 with white stripes I think is Rob Douglas.

The white Morgan could be Paul Leuch as I think it is before Derek Atkinson's move up from a Plus 4 and that looks to be an early +8. If so, the car is currently owned by Chris Fraser.

[Roger Dowding]

When the AHCC dropped out, MGCC picked it up! Derek Prior, then the MGCC President and I got involved. I changed the timing system that the MGCC used which was electronic, one car at a time on the hill, which is not very efficient. Timing to 1/100th of a second is not required, so I initiated three or 4 stopwatches at the finish line, with a radio call from the start line "car #39: 3 - 2 -1 Go!"

I had all results printed out at the Tavern almost as soon as the track had been cleared from the last run...

Yellow Marcos looks to be my car, based on the Cosmic wheels, too large rear tyres and probably driven by Richard Atkinson, but the graphics on the side don't strike a chord and I can't see the lower sill, which is the main give away. If so, yes, 3 litre Volvo - one of just 198 made and one of the few with a competition history, as most racers in Europe use the smaller, lighter B20 (1800cc) engine.

OR - It could be Pete Johns from Napier... It would be nice to be sure. The only other Marcos Volvo 3 litre in the country was/is black, owned and raced then by Dave Walker.


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This was taken in 1985 too, definitely Richard Atkinson (my car) and there is probably a difference in driver helmets as well as the graphics, and no MOC badge in the lower left screen. So who knows? Maybe Richard had only just bought it?

Richard eventually had two Marcos, both painted yellow. Your pic is most likely the Volvo one as I don't think he'd then acquired the Ford V6 which was blue and plywood chassis, currently owned by Historic Formula Ford racer Phil Foulkes (unless he's sold it).

The red Daimler SP250 with white stripes I think is Rob Douglas.

The white Morgan could be Paul Leuch as I think it is before Derek Atkinson's move up from a Plus 4 and that looks to be an early +8. If so, the car is currently owned by Chris Fraser.

ERC, Ray thanks for that information about both the Hill Climb and the cars. I knew Derek Prior - he had a very nice well sorted MGB which he raced .. not sure if he ever did the Otaua Hill when AHCC ran it.
thanks again.

Oh as an aside - our timing was by stopwatch at the top with the car starts being radioed R/T's I think to Bruce and others at the finish line, no hockey sticks The Radios were provided by a Car Club member who had an R/T business.


Roger

[Roger Dowding]

A couple of TR's

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and a couple of Cortina's - could be same car can't quite get the Rego plate.

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This Lotus Cortina features in post #41 as well with number plate more readable.

[ERC]

and a TVR Vixen !!.
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I think that may well be Alan Lacey and I don't think it is a Vixen. Probably a 3000M. He was a buddy of the 2 Marcos drivers. He later raced a Capri 3 litre and did Targa in a Sierra 4x4.

Post #52 could be Chris Watson.

Just for you Roger. (Chris White's car I believe.)


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[Roger Dowding]

I think that may well be Alan Lacey and I don't think it is a Vixen. Probably a 3000M. He was a buddy of the 2 Marcos drivers. He later raced a Capri 3 litre and did Targa in a Sierra 4x4.

Post #52 could be Chris Watson.

Just for you Roger. (Chris White's car I believe.)


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ERC thanks and yes it is.. there was also a sticker that said " Healey Drivers go in deeper and come out harder ", no idea what that mean't !!

[khyndart in CA]

I thought that was for a Ginger biscuit dipped in a cup of tea !


KH

[Roger Dowding]

Roger -are you on Briebie Island, eating Moreton Bay Bugs ?
22 years ago a Kiwi over there got me to come over and trim a 1912 Model T for him- he couldnt find a Trimmer over there.
It had a Road Bridge, and cane toads to soften your steps at night.

John M,
Bridge still here on Bribie to " connect us to Australia " as we locals say and yes Moreton Bay Bugs are great, the Cane Toads no so, bloody noisy smelly horrible creatures.
There are quite a lot of interesting cars on the Island and one workshop hack is a beautiful mid 1950's Ford F100 the model with the " Spinner " type grille, will take a photo and post. there is also a huge 1957 Dodge with those angled fins, Morris 8, Austin A40 Devon MG TC, those two neglected Volvo 240GT's, plus other Australian and American Classics, lots of early Holdens, the place is a venue for a lot of Club runs and displays as well, makes my SX4 look very ordinary.

[Roger Dowding]

I thought that was for a Ginger biscuit dipped in a cup of tea !


KH

Ken " Griffins " of course, can get them at the local IGA, as well as Chocolate Fish, Pineapple chunks and " Lemon and Paeroa "

[John McKechnie]

Roger- while I was working there, I was given a red 1965 Dodge Cart Convertible, used to belng to Bryan Jackson- Caravan and Vintage Car fame over here.
I was working at Rod Welchs house for several weeks-Dec 94- still got the pics.
Also there was a XK150 Coupe sitting at a Marine Trimmers workshop, owner had bought a trim kit 3 years previously and no one could fit it. They tried to get me to do it, but I was there for a holiday as well.
While I was there, I also saw a LIP Vauxhall convert, a EIP Vagabond (Convert) .Both very rare, probably Aussie Bodies
Over here I trimmed a 1936 Austin 12 , with a Body by Holden plate on it.

[Roger Dowding]

Roger- while I was working there, I was given a red 1965 Dodge Cart Convertible, used to belng to Bryan Jackson- Caravan and Vintage Car fame over here.
I was working at Rod Welchs house for several weeks-Dec 94- still got the pics.
Also there was a XK150 Coupe sitting at a Marine Trimmers workshop, owner had bought a trim kit 3 years previously and no one could fit it. They tried to get me to do it, but I was there for a holiday as well.
While I was there, I also saw a LIP Vauxhall convert, a EIP Vagabond (Convert) .Both very rare, probably Aussie Bodies
Over here I trimmed a 1936 Austin 12 , with a Body by Holden plate on it.

John M, I think the Vagabond is still around a palish green from memory, not BRG - a bit lighter.
Am going to grab my camera and do a tour around in the next few days and photo the interesting vehicles, worth a place in " Yards and Yarns " I reckon. oh and there are two shortened BMC ragtops on the island, a shortened and roofless Morris Minor Utility, and a very short 2 seater roofless Mini, owned by the guy with the Austin A40 Devon and the Morris 8, he also has a 1950's Bedford truck.
and there is an early Ford Transit with sliding doors, not to mention VW Kombis in various conditions from rough to great.

[ERC]

Just for you Roger - probably from the 1989 event. Just 2 pics on here. Any others will go on my "Mix of Pics" thread.



31966

Sometimes, things didn't go totally to plan... I believe the AHCC named the various corners after the people who first came to grief on them (or off them).
31967

[BMCBOY]

[CENTER]
31966


This is a great photo of Heather and Adrian Rhodens beautiful BJ8 Healey 3000 which I had a bit to do with the
reassembly of in the late 80's. It was delivered to me straight from the paintshop and I put it back together, got it running and Heather drove it to the upholstery shop to be completed. I believe it won our club concours the next time it was held.

31968

[Roger Dowding]

[CENTER]
31966


This is a great photo of Heather and Adrian Rhodens beautiful BJ8 Healey 3000 which I had a bit to do with the
reassembly of in the late 80's. It was delivered to me straight from the paintshop and I put it back together, got it running and Heather drove it to the upholstery shop to be completed. I believe it won our club concours the next time it was held.

31968

" I believe it won our club concours the next time it was held." think that is correct and when they sold it, it raised the price for Healeys in NZ, went for around $85,000 back 89 - 90 from memory. that was big money at the time

[Roger Dowding]

All English or in two cases Anglo - American = British Chassis / Body + American V8.

A group of spectator cars on the ridge - the local farmers were very generous with where we could park and Reg Whittaker even installed a couple of long drops - how convenient.

31978

those Anglo - Americans

31979

Ugly and beautiful at the same time - by the people who made the Big Healey bodies for a while.

31980

A couple of Jaguars

31981

31982

[John McKechnie]

Roger- At that time there werent a lot of CV8s- was this Bill Muirsons one?

[Roger Dowding]

Roger- At that time there werent a lot of CV8s- was this Bill Muirsons one?

John M, that name sound familiar, I would say yes, and think Bill was a Healey Club member at the time, BMC BOY may know
cheers
Roger D

[John McKechnie]

if it was Bills, 4 years ago I carpeted and trimmed the interior.
Car was sitting on Minilites.
I heard that it went to Australia.
He told me he owned it, sold it , then eventually bought it back.
At that time there were apparently only 2 in NZ- other one in East Tamaki.
A Northern Muscle Car racer brought 3 in-one races, the other 2 -parts.
Bills was one grunty machine

[Roger Dowding]

Alfa
31986

Jaguar - seen before - different place
31987

That Lotus Cortina
31988

The Watson TR again -
31989

I did mention the provision of a long drop for the spectators
well look over the fence behind the TR. it appears in the Alfa and Jaguar photos too !! and a few already posted
31990

the angle of said long drop, indicates I had my camera angled to catch the car.

Coming up single seaters and some specials, vintage and not so.
then finale is of Healeys

[Roger Dowding]

These are the photos as taken just resized for TRS.

Single Seaters

31991

31992

John Wigston
31993

Vintage and Specials
A Three wheeler [ Morgan ?? -].
31994

31995

31996

any details, car or driver please add..

[Roger Dowding]

31997

31998

31999

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[rogered]

the brown jag would likley be the westhall/ uhlenberg car, (now back in use)

[John McKechnie]

Roger- correct, also bonnet has the distinctive vents

[ERC]

Just scanned some from the 1989 event. Posted 1 or 2 on my mix of pics thread. I think the white MGK3 special might be Brian Haywood. Definitely Mike Westall's brown Jaguar. Sadly, still dealing with cylinder head issues, so has withdrawn from the Porsche Festival.

[Oldfart]

Post 69, not a Morgan, suspect a one off. The white car is one of a few built by MG club owners with BMC B series mechanicals and a mould taken off the Ransley Riley. Grant Kern runs one in your series Ray.

[ERC]

I had noticed that Rhys!!! Heading to Paihia/Keri Keri tomorrow for a couple of days.

[Kevin Hirst]

Post 69, not a Morgan, suspect a one off. The white car is one of a few built by MG club owners with BMC B series mechanicals and a mould taken off the Ransley Riley. Grant Kern runs one in your series Ray.

Colin Lewis from matakana had or still has one the same as the white M.G. type, used to compete with the S.C.C.N.Z then moved to S.I. some years ago. May still have it.

[Roger Dowding]

32008

32009

32010

32011

[Roger Dowding]

Chris White 100/4
32012

Phil Mules
32013
closer
32014

This give a view of the start and the first corner on the Hill. Phil Mules again

32015

and here is the map, Start was near the Red Icon and finished near the left wording Maioro Road.
Downhill Start, which was kinder on the " Older " Cars.

32019

[Roger Dowding]

Following on from the AHCC Hill Climbs
A few Healey pics including more of the black Healey CT 1125, these were taken at the Clubs National Rally held at Pukekohe and surrounding district, with Concours, Touring Run, and a Dinner Saturday at the Pukekohe Club, then Gymkhana and prizegiving at the Gymkhana then back to the Motel on the Sunday.
I was organiser / co-ordinator, my last Official Duty with AHCCNZ, as we ceased running the Hill Climb that year too !!.

CT 1125
32026

The Concours some BIG ONES
32027

Busy driveway at Autoasis, Mark Donaldson the AHCCNZ founder and first President's place on Papakura Clevedon Road, near Ardmore. Mark raced at Ardmore in 1989.
32028

32029

Pukekohe Hill, overlooking the town
32030

The Gymkhana, near Otaua organised by Reg Whittaker who helped the Hill Climb organisation and was the man on the ground with the locals.
32031

[BMCBOY]

Nice to see a couple of photos of my BN7 here Roger. Where is the concours judging taking place - I can't remember that particular occasion. Looks like Chris White filling in the form.

[BMCBOY]

Here's something to make you envious Roger.
In 1985 a group of us went to Melbourne and then travelled up to Ballarat for the A-H Rally.
On the day of departure Steve Pike threw me the keys to this 100S (belonging to Jim McConville) and said
you're driving this!
I thought he was taking the piss, but he was deadly serious. Even then, this was an extremely valuable car
so I was very careful at all times. I remember it had very tall gearing and took a while to get off the mark.
It also had that awful 3 speed gearbox and overdrive that I have always felt a bit clumsy, but it was amazing
to get the opportunity to drive one for such a distance and over the whole event. Absolutely lovely car and very original at the time. I believe since then it has been repainted in the original blue and white colours.

32038

[Roger Dowding]

Nice to see a couple of photos of my BN7 here Roger. Where is the concours judging taking place - I can't remember that particular occasion. Looks like Chris White filling in the form.

Ross, the Concours was in the Motel grounds, the Motel was on the road from Pukekohe to Bombay, Pukekohe East Road I think.
have another pic of all the cars but it is a bit dark, will try to brighten it. That would be Chris acting as a judge, was a low key Rally as I did most of it, as the club committee weren't keen to put any money up, and just left me to organise, Reg of Waiuku was a great help though, he organised the paddock for the gymkhana and there was a barn / shed that we had the prize giving in, unsure if at his place or nearby in Bothwell Park Road . I did get the Presidents Trophy though, still have the miniature.

Your drive in the 100S yes very jealous, saw some including one that sat in Rene Cades garage in Fountain Valley in 1988, not hers, plus those at Snowmass in 1982.

[Roger Dowding]

[QUOTE=BMCBOY;50249]Nice to see a couple of photos of my BN7 here Roger. Where is the concours judging taking place -

Here is the scene in the grounds of the Motel, you drove through the middle of the buildings the Office and house was on one side and the units on the other.

32039

Think my 100 is the one on the very left, probably came last, as fairly scruffy by then, wasn't going to enter but really had no choice, organised the event so had to participate.

[Roger Dowding]

Just when I though the Hill Climb series of pics was finished found another 9, so will post them.

[Roger Dowding]

Found a few more probably 1988 but unsure
all British.

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32061

32062

A few more to follow again British ..

[Roger Dowding]

Intrerestingly the power pole background is concrete and looks new, that is probably because it was the resting place of a Jaguar Mark 11 in an earlier years Hill Climb, I was at the same spot with camera and CB Radio, the Jag gently slid off the corner and sideways into the haybale against the pole, not too much damage from memory
32063

32064

32065
Buckler think this is a well known and raced car
32066

and again a Healey to finish
32067

[Roger Dowding]

year unsure, but think late 1980's 88 or 89..
a Riley Special
The ex Ivy Stephenson Riley that Ivy raced after the MGTC and before the Buckler - Climax.

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32545

[Roger Dowding]

Tony [ Anthony ] van de Water, of now Basis spare parts fame was one of the organisers of this event in its early days.
these shots are probably from around 1990.

32546

32547

MGB roadster works replica car
32548

Brad Chibnall - then President of AHCCNZ - and his Healey, part restored but running, he did a lap of the track
32549

[ERC]

MGB roadster works replica car
32548

This was the first time out for the Derek Prior MGB, which went on to considerable success, firstly with Derek of course, then Greg Bellingham (Tracer Interiors) and on to Tony Sturm.

Tony had a horrendous crash at Taupo January 2014 that totally destroyed the car and sadly, put Tony in hospital for a considerable time. What was even sadder was that Tony was retiring anyway and the car already had a new buyer in the wings. The remains were eventually bought by Andy Culpin who will probably put the engine in another car that will NOT be an MGB!

Definitely November 1990 - and I also have a pic of the car with the bonnet raised, so we must have been around at roughly the same time! Just to the very right of the guy with the dark pink shirt in pic 1, is the small corner of my MG Montego.

Dave Walker's black Marcos between the MGs and Reliants. (Dave also had a Reliant and MGs.)

[Roger Dowding]

The original pictures posted were from the 1983 event, photos by John Dowding
here are a few [ 4 ] from another year, 1984 ??. my own photos.

32551
this was posted in the Hill Climb series.
Cameron working on the wheel brace.

In the pits - pre race as people standing around, no one in their cars
Ross Osborne 100/6 #10 and behind Cameron Mackay's 3000 red #11 and Les Megget's Green over Ivory #14

32552

32553

and that Sprite again #16, Liz Mackay talking to the driver

32554

Those AUSTIN - HEALEY banners went all over the place for several years, even to Ohakea, for the 1982 Reunion meeting, we had them on the Motel balconies..

[ERC]

Met Mark Donaldson (and Jens Foelberg) today at HD! Said 'Hi', but claims he hasn't time go get on to Roaring Season - too busy finger pickin' that banjo...

[Roger Dowding]

Met Mark Donaldson (and Jens Foelberg) today at HD! Said 'Hi', but claims he hasn't time go get on to Roaring Season - too busy finger pickin' that banjo...

ERC, Ray, I believe that he just remarried too !!. Mark D, and I knew Jens Fogelberg from my NZ TR Register [ got a lot of parts through them ] and Triumph Car Club days, back in 1978 - 85 period.

Have yet to get to a Hampton Downs meeting despite being invited by John Bennoch, my neighbour from 1999 -2003 days at Ponsonby Crest Apartments, and a friend since, John has a garage and apartment there.

cheers

Roger D.

[Roger Dowding]

Sketch of the Healey 100 Coupe of which two were made and one was Donald Healey's favoured transport for many years.
Somewhere I have a huge envelope with the same type of images but of a 100 Roadster.

32722

[Roger Dowding]

Found these few shots one from 1981 / 82, and the rest from a Sprint meeting in late 1980.
I wasn't competing as by then the TR4 had been smashed up, think I may have driven the Sunbeam Alpine owned by Richard Leaper - background in one of the photo's - he lent me the car, so I was mobile again.

33514
Is that Jim Shorts Paton Ford in the first Pit " garage " . next to the single seater Cooper !! and then a Buckler

The late 1980 meeting in the pit area.

33515

33516

33517

Cameron Mackay 3000
33518

[Roger Dowding]

Just a few shots ; grass gymkhana and sprint, near Auckland - not sure where !!!.

My Healey 100, A Sprite and Frank Karls " purple " Healey 3000, seen and raced in many places, still is, I understand !!
33533

some of the competitors, a mixed field, Healey's, Minis, that Monaro and a TR6,

33534

33535

The Cooper Club were invited as Nell Donaldson a keen Healeyite also owned a very original 1962 997 Cooper, not sure if this one.
33536

Healeys, a couple of shots of Cameron Mackay's 3000, also seen at Pukekohe in the previous post.

33537

trying a bit harder here

33538

[Oldfart]

Note that Sprite is LHD, is that the one Ian Bradley was using until his passing last year?

[Roger Dowding]

Note that Sprite is LHD, is that the one Ian Bradley was using until his passing last year?

Oldfart, I don't remember the car but being LHD was a rarity in NZ, I owned an LHD one for a while in need of a total rebuild, sold it to the late Max Fisher who rebuilt it, and I think converted to RHD.. the yellow one looks like a very good car back then..

[Ross Hollings]

Interestingly enough is that i finished up with the Mk1 Sprite which Max Fisher rebuilt,using the word rebuilt would be being very kind,lets just say when i fully restored it ,i was amazed to find kilo's of bog/filler and very dubious metal work.So much rust was covered up i had to source a complete front,sills etc.To say the least i was not pleased.
I took 3 years to restore it and it came out very well and it was eventually sold to Japan,i raced it Taupo and Chelsea Hillclimb,it had a supercharger on it then that i put on,went very well.
Photos of the car are on Models and Minatures.

[Roger Dowding]

Interestingly enough is that i finished up with the Mk1 Sprite which Max Fisher rebuilt,using the word rebuilt would be being very kind,lets just say when i fully restored it ,i was amazed to find kilo's of bog/filler and very dubious metal work.So much rust was covered up i had to source a complete front,sills etc.To say the least i was not pleased.
I took 3 years to restore it and it came out very well and it was eventually sold to Japan,i raced it Taupo and Chelsea Hillclimb,it had a supercharger on it then that i put on,went very well.
Photos of the car are on Models and Minatures.

Small world Ross, I only saw the car briefly after the " rebuild ", Max Fisher helped me out with goods for prizes when I organised the Austin Healey Club Rally in 1990

[Roger Dowding]

Found another series of photos 40 or so of the 1989 Easter Rally held at Solway Park Masterton the motel used as our base and for the Concours D'Elegance, and the " Concours de Negligance " [ worst feature of your car ] as well ..
Have photos from other rally's New Plymouth in 1976, Rotorua various years 77/78/80 .. and maybe later, Napier 1984 when the US West Coast group of Healeyites visited ..

Here is the first few from 1989 .
The Concours gathering Saturday morning.
33766

33767
The Touring run on the Saturday afternoon, at a Historic House near Carterton - taken from the balcony, most of the cars are there
33768
At a Tea Rooms another historic House, we caught up with the local Vintage car group who were also doing a Touring Run .. we finished up at the Gladstone Tavern for a refreshment before heading back to Solway Park.
33769
Hillclimb, Chris White 100
33770

Many more to come as I scan and save them..

[Roger Dowding]

More pics, a bit random as includes in Masterton and around, the trip home and the Hillclimb

Bernie Huynen - Valiant Healey
33779
Sprite on the way there or back Manawatu Gorge
33780
The Gorge again Ross Cammick red 3000 and Chris White's 100, we left Chris on the Manawatu side of the Gorge as he was back to Wanganui, we to Auckland
33781
Refuelling in the Waikato somewhere " Flairport ", maybe near Hamilton airport Ross Cammick 3000 Tony's Sprite Les Meggett 3000 and Barry Moon's 3000 obscured
33782
Gymkhana in Barry Moon's Healey , me driving
33783
Bernie and Chris getting the cars ready for Concours, other 100 I cannot remember whose !! [ BMC BOY may know ].
33784

[Roger Dowding]

a few more, at the Tea Rooms with the Vintage Cars, Hillclimb and the run home to Auckland.

Chris White's 100 with the Vintage Austin and others
33785

Sprite on the Hill ..
33786

White on the Hill .. Chris that is .. a view of the sweeper
33787

Stop at an NZR depot Waikato King Country, I am unsure exactly where ..
Les Meggett 3000, Tony Van de Water's Sprite a very early one 1958, one of the first 260 built AN5 258 I believe ..the 257th built ..
Barry Moon's 3000 and obscured Ross Cammick's 3000.
33788

Somewhere on SH25 bypassing Hamilton
33789

Tony's Sprite - location unsure but in the Waikato sharp right turn to go North .. any ideas ..could be on SH25 again.
33790
view from Barry's 3000..

Like ERC I struggle with some of my scanning and had to rename some of these as had duplicated reference # numbers

[Roger Dowding]

On the road, at the tea rooms, in the paddock, on the hill..

On the road middle North Island
33791

Vintage cars and Healey's at the Tea Rooms, Carterton
33792

What is under the bonnet ?
33793

Bernie Huynen Valiant Healey again
33794

Gymkhana Bug and Big Healey's
33795

Hillclimb another Big Healey..
33796

[Roger Dowding]

More photos of the Concours, will probably only appeal to Healeyites, I am sure most of the cars are still around ..

Chris White's 100 [ M Spec ] White and the Red car have forgotten who owned it then, and maybe still does !!
33799

The line up from the right hand end ..taken at ground level, well at my height..
33800

From a ladder same end
33801

higher up the ladder
33802

general view again
33803

and from the other end, Valiant Healey is first
33804

[Roger Dowding]

This really is for the avid Healeyite, variations on an A-H 100, the three versions.

Chris White's 100M, kit the car was a 100 that Chris modified to " M " Specs, and did a very good job at the time.
34043

view from the other side - showing " Cold Air box and trunking to the grille, made a difference
34044

A 100, unsure whose but could be IA 1004 which was owned by the late Gavin Gullery - information from Mark Donaldson, Founder and Historian for the AHCCNZ.
34045

another view of the 100
34046

and another - small circular air cleaners rather then the cold air box
34047
The photos were taken as I wanted some good reference shots for my car which was somewhat unoriginal
The cars above were driven to and from the NZ event, and indeed most events

For comparison a 100 S engine, cross flow [ correction see notes from Ken H and BMC BOY ] Harry Weslake ' single port ' Head with the carbies on the other side and no air cleaners or cold air box - this photo from Snowmass, Colorado in 1982. The car arrived in a large trailer and had travelled from the East Coast to Colorado.
Sadly no 100 S remained in NZ. that I am aware of - unless tucked away somewhere or recently imported [ as in the last 20 years, since I left the NZ Healey club, having sold my Healey in 1995.
34048

[ERC]

Sadly no 100 S remained in NZ. that I am aware of - unless tucked away somewhere or recently imported as in the last 20 years, since I left the NZ Healey club, having sold my Healey in 1995.


There is one local who has had a very nice 100S replica built up. Ellerslie 2004. (He already has a beautiful Healey 100.)



34053

34054


Goodwood Revival 2009, there was a good turnout.



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34052

[BMCBOY]

There is still one genuine Healey 100S AHS 3908 (ex Jensen) that has been restored in Christchurch

34055

Mike Sexton has built a replica 100S which is very accurate and a fantastic example of what can be achieved.

34056

[Kevin Hirst]

This really is for the avid Healeyite, variations on an A-H 100, the three versions.

Chris White's 100M, kit the car was a 100 that Chris modified to " M " Specs, and did a very good job at the time.
34043

view from the other side - showing " Cold Air box and trunking to the grille, made a difference
34044

A 100, unsure whose but could be IA 1004 which was owned by the late Gavin Gullery - information from Mark Donaldson, Founder and Historian for the AHCCNZ.
34045

another view of the 100
34046[/ATT
and another - small circular air cleaners rather then the cold air box
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The photos were taken as I wanted some good reference shots for my car which was somewhat unoriginal
The cars above were driven to and from the NZ event, and indeed most events

For comparison a 100 S engine, cross flow with the carbies on the other side and no air cleaners or cold air box - this photo from Snowmass, Colorado in 1982. The car arrived in a large trailer and had travelled from the East Coast to Colorado.
Sadly no 100 S remained in NZ. that I am aware of - unless tucked away somewhere or recently imported [ as in the last 20 years, since I left the NZ Healey club, having sold my Healey in 1995.
34048

You say crossflow but all I can see on opposite side of head is spark plug's

[ERC]

Maybe you need the thread title changed Roger - Austin Healeys! There's enough material around to keep it going. I'm sure Steve could manage that for you - though he is busy.

[khyndart in CA]

A Healey thread sounds good to me.
I found these two photos in the Moss archives taken by Paul Debois if that is of interest to you "Healeyites"
34058
A 100S motor.
(Note the modified chassis brace below the hood/ bonnet support rod. )


34059
A 100M engine.





(Ken Hyndman )

[AMCO72]

I think Mr Dowding is mistaken.......there were no cross-flow heads on Austin Healeys.....not from the factory anyway.

[Jac Mac]

I cannot see cross-flows, but some 5 port heads with ports on pushrod side and others with ports on non pushrod side, these appear to be an eight port version.

[BMCBOY]

I cannot see cross-flows, but some 5 port heads with ports on pushrod side and others with ports on non pushrod side, these appear to be an eight port version.

Quote from my !00S information:

The 100S engine featured a Harry Weslake-designed aluminium
'single-port' cylinder head with reversed manifolding and it became
unique to the 100S – (total production of only 50 or so customer cars,
plus just the handful of Works cars). So in effect, this was a bespoke
engine – and a good reason why the 100S has been so rarely
replicated.

[khyndart in CA]

I found some more Healey 100S information in our Moss archives from 1955. I hope they can be read ok.
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( Ken Hyndman )

[Roger Dowding]

Maybe you need the thread title changed Roger - Austin Healeys! There's enough material around to keep it going. I'm sure Steve could manage that for you - though he is busy.

ERC, Yes I must, I tried to change the First Post but doesn't do the Heading, and I have 100's more Healey photos going back to the mid 1970's in NZ, and from two trips to the USA in 1982 and 1988, plus in England on the 1982 trip, some posted elsewhere [ a few ] but would be better here.

Will PM Steve as it is a great idea, thanks Ray ..

Steve if you are reading this can you do it !! thanks.

Roger D..
34067

[Roger Dowding]

You say crossflow but all I can see on opposite side of head is spark plug's

Kevin, yep got that wrong, but they did move the manifolds inlet and exhaust to the other side so a very different head, somewhere in my Geoffrey Healey books [ 3 ] and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. I know that LHD Hundreds got bloody hot for the driver as the exhaust was under your feet, 100S solved their problem but not for RHD 100S owners.

[Roger Dowding]

I think Mr Dowding is mistaken.......there were no cross-flow heads on Austin Healeys.....not from the factory anyway.

AMCO72, yep as just posted got it wrong, I meant that the head was very different as shown by BMC BOY and others, means you guys are following this thread though, cheers.
Any input is appreciated, Roger D..

[khyndart in CA]

[QUOTE=Roger Dowding; they did move the manifolds inlet and exhaust to the other side so a very different head, somewhere in my Geoffrey Healey books [ 3 ] and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. ]

Roger, I thought what I entered on Post # 113 explained the reasons for the Weslake head design or did I miss something ?
Yes, I am following your thread also !


KH

[Kevin Hirst]

[QUOTE=Roger Dowding; they did move the manifolds inlet and exhaust to the other side so a very different head, somewhere in my Geoffrey Healey books [ 3 ] and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. ]

Roger, I thought what I entered on Post # 113 explained the reasons for the Weslake head design or did I miss something ?
Yes, I am following your thread also !


KH

Great stuff, most informative, allway's loved them, what gearbox, diff etc, did they use on S model's.

[khyndart in CA]

Kevin,
Here are some specs on the 100S from 1955.
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The 4 speed gearbox was the same BMC design that was used in the BN2 model. It did have a special close-ratio gear cluster.
Ratios were ; first, 3.08; second, 1.91; third, 1.33 and 4th was direct. No overdrives were fitted. Rear end was a spiral bevel type with a standard final drive of 2.92 to 1. Alternative ratios were available.




(Ken Hyndman)

[Roger Dowding]

[QUOTE=Roger Dowding; they did move the manifolds inlet and exhaust to the other side so a very different head, somewhere in my Geoffrey Healey books [ 3 ] and Donald Healey books [ 2 ] there will be the reason. ]

Roger, I thought what I entered on Post # 113 explained the reasons for the Weslake head design or did I miss something ?
Yes, I am following your thread also !


KH

All good Ken, didn't read the fine print, about the pushrods and better flow of the head with the manifolding changed over..
Where do you keep all the stuff you post, must have a big Man Cave !!, cheers Roger

[khyndart in CA]

Roger,
It certainly helps to work at a place like Moss Motors in Goleta, CA. The company has been around since 1948 and there are many cupboards of books, magazines, blueprints, newspapers etc. It is like working in a automotive museum and getting paid for it !
I feel very blessed.
Ken.

[Alan Hyndman]

There is one local who has had a very nice 100S replica built up. Ellerslie 2004. (He already has a beautiful Healey 100.)



34053


Goodwood Revival 2009, there was a good turnout.


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Hi Ray, are you saying that the 100S in the first photo is a replica? Because that is a genuine 100S - it's lower grille makes it distinctive amongst 100Ss. You photographed the same car at Goodwood 5 years later.

The car was first owned by a guy in the USA called Vincent Sardi (http://www.georgeellis.com/100). After a number of owners (http://www.racingsportscars.com/chassis/results/AHS%203507.html) it went off the radar and was discovered by Bill Lillibridge, who restored it and, during his ownership, shipped it to NZ at the encouragement of someone high up in the AHCC at the time (around 2004 by the look of it). It hung around NZ for about a year, while being offered for sale internationally for (IIRC) USD $250,000. To begin with the NZD was worth 50 US cents, making it a half million dollar car (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news/article.cfm?c_id=9&objectid=3549133).

By the time it sold, the NZD had strengthened and the buyer had negotiated the price down - my recollection is that it ended up selling for the equivalent of NZD $350,000. I (like several others) got to store and drive it. Nothing I've driven since comes close in terms of cost!

New Zealand Classic Car magazine even did an article on it: http://magstore.nz/products/nz-classic-car-magazine-issue-164-august-04

[ERC]

Hi Alan. Wow! I assumed that the pic was in fact Mike's car (with the under grille) but if Ross's pic is Mike's car, then my first pic must have been the original. I wasn't aware it was the same car in the Goodwood car park, despite the lower grille.

I knew Mike was building a replica 100S and assumed (wrongly it seems) that at the Ellerslie show, that was his and must therefore have been a replica.

I was talking to John Holmes from TACCOC (shown in that first pic!) recently and mentioned to him that it is so difficult these days to accurately annotate photographs, as you see a car in the street pass you by, you snap a pic, then you can never tell whether it was a Westfield Eleven or a genuine Lotus. John's comment was that the more Lotus badges, the less chance of it being genuine...

Thanks Alan for that. Now I have to shift the pic from my 'replicas, recreations and specials' category and into Austin Healey.

[Oldfart]

then you can never tell whether it was a Westfield Eleven or a genuine Lotus. John's comment was that the more Lotus badges, the less chance of it being genuine...

Which is why mine is labelled as Tina Lotus (This is Not A )

[Roger Dowding]

Thanks to Steve, and ERC, thread name is now more purposeful, in view of my recent content,enjoy..

and another Healey shot..or two.....
My 1965 Sprite,Westmere 1974
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a Curve on the road to Snowmass in 1982, full of Healeys ..
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Mark Donaldson AH 100 and a Sprite 1989 Ardmore Reunion
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Not A- Healey but an FL1, Hire Car version of a London Taxi, Mt Albert 1973, powered by the same basic motor of the Healey 100, just the A70 size, 2.2 not the A90 size..2.7 litre
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my Sprite at Mangere Town Centre Gymkhana, Ross Hollings was there too in a Mini Cooper.. 1974
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[Ross Hollings]

Here are some from me ,now on the correct site.34116341173411834119

[Roger Dowding]

As mentioned in the Laguna Seca 1982 thread, Monterey Historics, Ross [ BMC BOY ] and I toured the West Coast for three months with Bryan and Brenda Harris in a VW Kombi, included in the trip and the reason for going was the 30th Anniversary of Austin Healey 1982.
Many NZ Healey Club members went, Craig Swift, Frank Karl, Grant and Odelle Cornes, Bernie and Julie Huynen, Mark Donaldson,
- most went back after Snowmass in July, but Ross, B and B, and I did the Kombi trip,covering San Diego,into Mexico, then up the West Coat to Vancouver BC Canada, in company of Mark Donaldson NZ and Nell Holdstock [ Canada ].. during July thru September.
I left for the UK on 23rd September,leaving the trio and the VW, here are some Healey related, photos,[ in groups as scanned from a photo album ] ..
They are not in any particular order.

mainly in LA, Santa Ana or Oxnard Ventura
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On the road to Snowmass
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getting there and a Sprite at Snowmass ..
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an interesting sticker acquired at the Jaguar Owners Club Oregon JOCO, British Field meet. in 1982.

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Ken Hyndman will recognise the name " Absolutely British ",as a mutual acqaintance Eric, now runs it,a client of Moss Motors, was Walt Glendenning [ dcd ] then Hans Nohr's business in the 1980's ..

[Roger Dowding]

Here are some from me ,now on the correct site.34116341173411834119

Ross thanks, the group of cars look like an All British Day at Western Springs..keep them coming ..

[Roger Dowding]

Healey 100S, trailered to and from, Snowmass from the East Coast.
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Healey and trailer, John Colgate,Healey works driver with flip sign at a cafe / bar in Aspen
Bill Boltons Sebring 3000 UJB 141, a famour car
and the 100S again
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At Snowmass, [ clockwise ] - Wire wheel
- not every car arrived safely,
- Nash Healey
- and a competitor in the Gymkhana, think a British Columbia car ..
- Sprite engine
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[Roger Dowding]

A picture by Ross Hollings .. at a concours,possibly the All British Day at Western Springs.
Ross hope you don't mine resizing and reposting your picture
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Sprite at Mangere Town Centre 1974, NSCC Gymkhana . my own camera shot..
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1960 Bugeye with the famous Sammy the Dog in Mt Albert around 1980/81
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Bill Wild's 100 in St Mary's Bay Road about 1978..
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1965 Mark 111 and the TR4A in Mt Albert around 1979
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My Healey 100, 1955 model with Hotwire mags, a very poor replica hardtop, taken from a proper one and was very thin fibreglass, with vinyl outer layer, it has Austin A50 saloon front brakes, quite small and real Healey 100 rears, made for interesting stopping, the back used to sit down, in an emergency stop !!.
March 1982 just after being purchased for $5500, which was an OK price at the time, despite being unoriginal.. car was owned until 1995, had two serious competition outings 1983, the Jaguar Clubs Le Mans Relay Race, and the AHCCNZ Otaua Hillclimb plus numerous AHCCNZ Gymkhana'a and a run around Taupo on the way back from Napier the 1984 AHCCNZ National Rally
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[Roger Dowding]

Phil Mules 3000, on the track
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in the pits
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another Healey 3000, in a group on track ..

Chris White 3000 ..
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Chris suffered a medical incident but was A OK afterwards .. and is still racing .. more recently in a Jensen Healey [ sorry no pics of that but seen at Pukekohe in the early 2000's

[bce257]

Enjoying the Healey pics Roger.

There were a couple of Healey related articles on the Stuff website recently
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/customs-classics/77187608/rev-your-engines-for-the-marlborough-hospice-classic-vehicle-display-and-picnic-day

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/customs-classics/76728232/restored-nz-grand-prix-austin-healey-to-make-worldwide-show-debut

I'm reliably informed that there are some significant errors in the second article.

Do you happen to have any pics of BT768, a white Longbridge BN4 that was owned from 1974 till 95 by a school teacher from Tamahere near Hamilton. Not sure if she was ever a club member though.

Andy.

[Roger Dowding]

Enjoying the Healey pics Roger.

There were a couple of Healey related articles on the Stuff website recently
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/customs-classics/77187608/rev-your-engines-for-the-marlborough-hospice-classic-vehicle-display-and-picnic-day

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/customs-classics/76728232/restored-nz-grand-prix-austin-healey-to-make-worldwide-show-debut

I'm reliably informed that there are some significant errors in the second article.

Do you happen to have any pics of BT768, a white Longbridge BN4 that was owned from 1974 till 95 by a school teacher from Tamahere near Hamilton. Not sure if she was ever a club member though.

Andy.

Andy will go through my stuff as have Healey photos from the mid 70's, bought my first Sprite in 1974, still have hundreds more, am away from home at present, but will check it out ... know Tamahere too !!, my wife is from the Waikato - Frankton ..

cheers

Roger D,

[Oldfart]

Does anybody know of an earlier Big Healey that could be available for some film work. What is NOT wanted is an immaculate resto. Short notice.

[Roger Dowding]

Does anybody know of an earlier Big Healey that could be available for some film work. What is NOT wanted is an immaculate resto. Short notice.

Oldfart, try " Mark H Donaldson " at the AHCCNZ, Facebook page have his phone number but will be in the Auckland phonebook lives in Papakura on the Papakura Clevedon Road,is the historian for Healeys and the oracle too !! am away from home at the moment

[Roger Dowding]

Does anybody know of an earlier Big Healey that could be available for some film work. What is NOT wanted is an immaculate resto. Short notice.

Oldfart, try " Mark H Donaldson " at the AHCCNZ, Facebook page have his phone number but will be in the Auckland phonebook lives in Papakura on the Papakura Clevedon Road,is the historian for Healeys and the oracle too !! am away from home at the moment

[Roger Dowding]

Does anybody know of an earlier Big Healey that could be available for some film work. What is NOT wanted is an immaculate resto. Short notice.

Oldfart, tried to PM you your inbox is Chocca, mark Donaldson phone number Auckland 298 5732, cheers Roger D ..

[khyndart in CA]

Roger,
You mentioned Tamahere. I remember going there for the 1/4 mile sprints on the Bruntwood straight at Tamahere back in the 1960s.





(Ken Hyndman )

[khyndart in CA]

I found this wonderful description of the Bruntwood 1/4 mile written about 5 years ago by "Amco72".

" Anyone remember the standing and flying 1/4 mile sprints that the Hamilton Car Club held on the Bruntwood straight.....was on the back road between Hamilton and Cambridge. At that time, 1967, there were only about two farm houses down that stretch of road and most of the land either side was owned by a rough-as-guts farmer....Walter Byrne. I had a farm just a mile further on from the 'straight' in Mills road and used to attend this, what was an annual event. The last time I saw Logan Fow and the Ferrari GTO was there...wish I'd had a camera. Another competitor was Dennis Marwood in the Humber 80. Walter, the rough-as guts' farmer had a Daimler SP250 which he used to literally blow the cobwebs out of. Also a strange early front engined dragster powered by a WW2 Allison aircraft engine.....the type that powered the Mustang...the American fighter/bomber that is. I remember the 'officials' getting all us spectators well back from the road before they would let this thing go. Had a remote starter that plugged into the side. It certainly sounded the part but was disappointing as far as time was concerned, popping and banging it's way down the course. Logan could have given it 100 meters start and still beaten it in the GTO. There was also another very rough, and I mean ROUGH, old HWM sports car..maroon in colour with disc wheels that had been hugely extended. I recall this because not only had they been extended but also had pieces of steel strip spaced round the wheel like spokes to strengthen the widened piece. One of the strips had FALLEN OFF...shonky welding....and the owner was attempting to remove the strip opposite to try and balance the wheel.!!!!!!!!!!! Imagine that flying off when the car was doing a run. Anyway it was just a heap of junk, although probably hugely valuable today. I think Marwood had a better time. But everyone was there having a go with scrutinering in an adjacent paddock. One competitor with a Wolseley 6/99 was having a 'discussion' with the official who had just failed the Wolseley because of a worn tie-rod end. The said competitor was really getting very wound up and giving the tester a tune-up, telling him that the car would be OK because 'he was a mechanic and knew about these things'. Imagine that today.......'on yer bike sonny'. ".


Thank you Angus,
That description certainly brought back memories for me.
(Ken Hyndman )

[bce257]

Hi Roger, do you remember the Lawton Healey from NSCC?
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There are more pics on the NSCC website but the links are all messed up now so only postage stamps
http://www.ncc.org.nz/photos%20pre%201980s.htm

Presently belongs to a club member and still has the holes drilled in the brake drums plus a few battle scars to the front bulkhead. I heard a story that McLaren put up some money for Jo to buy it.

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Its the third from the left, BT768 on the left and perhaps you'll recognise some of the others

[edit] slightly bigger pic
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Andy.

[Roger Dowding]

Andy [ bce257 ], the Lawton Healey, I am not sure, but with your permission will send these pics to Mark Donaldson, the founder and now Historian for AHCC New Zealand,

thanks

Roger D..

[Roger Dowding]

Andy [ bce257 ], the Lawton Healey, I am not sure, but with your permission will send these pics to Mark Donaldson, the founder and now Historian for AHCC New Zealand,

thanks

Roger D..

[Ross]

The attached image may bring memories to some readers.
Ross Jensen preparing the 100s for racing after driving it down from Auckland to Levin.
Picture was taken in the driveway of my parents home in Levin where Ross & Hazel used to stay during race meetings
I am not exactly sure of the date but probably October
Ross

[Roger Dowding]

Ross,

thanks for the pic, an unusual hardtop

[Roger Dowding]

These were my Healeys over the period 1974 to 1995, the Sprites 1974 to 1981 and Big Healey 1982 - 1995 [ my own photos,
1974-1976 Mark 111
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1980 - 81 Bugeye
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1979 ? - 81 Mark 111 with TR4A alongside The Sprite went to my ex and was sold around 1983, I saw again in 1984 in Napier at the AHCCNZ National Rally ..
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1978 -79 Bugeye, the left hand drive with different headlight position
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The Big Healey as purchased in 1982
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Sam the dog managed to feature once in these photos..

[Ross]

Sorry I omitted the year...I believe it was the October 1956 Levin meeting.
I do not know the origin of the hardtop which looks pretty primitive but racing drivers ( and their passengers) were tough back then.
Can't imagine current "front of the grid" drivers driving to a national meeting in something as draughty and uncomfortable as a race winning 100s.

[Ross Hollings]

Roger, EC 4802 was the Mk1 Sprite i restored which eventually went to Japan.The first owner was a Leslie Grant Bradley ,car registered here on 24 th October 1968.Your name features on page 3 of the rego papers i still have.You bought it from a somebody in Taupaki.Passed through Ken Smith and Chequered Flag car sales.We bought it in 1987 and restored it over 3 years,it is in the photo of the row of Healeys.

[woody]

Lawton Healey.

[Ross Hollings]

Is that the ex Grant Bloore Cooper Monaco ?

[Roger Dowding]

Roger, EC 4802 was the Mk1 Sprite i restored which eventually went to Japan.The first owner was a Leslie Grant Bradley ,car registered here on 24 th October 1968.Your name features on page 3 of the rego papers i still have.You bought it from a somebody in Taupaki.Passed through Ken Smith and Chequered Flag car sales.We bought it in 1987 and restored it over 3 years,it is in the photo of the row of Healeys.

Ross, have some more photos of the car which I will post here.. soon .. knew from previous comments that you restored it [ properly ] !!
Would you be able to scan and send me copy of those papers, for my archive of car memories. I collected the car from Warkworth, but that could have been where it was stored .. can PM my Gmail address..

here is one pic .. a very " sad eyed " bugeye / frogeye !!
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[Oldfart]

Is that the ex Grant Bloore Cooper Monaco ?
Monaco and Bobtail are different cars. That is a Bobtail (T39) central seat, Monaco is a true off set car, T57

[bce257]

Andy [ bce257 ], the Lawton Healey, I am not sure, but with your permission will send these pics to Mark Donaldson, the founder and now Historian for AHCC New Zealand,

thanks

Roger D..

Hi Roger,

Thanks, I asked Mark a year or so ago and he didn't know any more than I did

Cheers,
Andy.

[Roger Dowding]

Ross, hi
sent you a PM

cheers
Roger

[Ross Hollings]

Quite believe that,although never picked up the light disaster,found a almost complete car in a wreckers in Dominion Rd, AK, the bonnet on that was almost perfect so used that,the remains of that car went to Wellington on a "A " frame,brave man !!

[Allan]

I am sure that many years ago (30) there was an Austin Healey bug eye living in a sad state on the corner of Burbank and Rowendale in Manurewa. I tried to buy the car which had a bonnet conversion without headlamps and was running a Ford motor. The guy who owned said he was going to use it for dirt track racing. I have no idea what became o0f it.
Allan

[Allan]

I am sure that many years ago (30) there was an Austin Healey bug eye living in a sad state on the corner of Burbank and Rowendale in Manurewa. I tried to buy the car which had a bonnet conversion without headlamps and was running a Ford motor. The guy who owned said he was going to use it for dirt track racing. I have no idea what became o0f it.
Allan

[Ross Hollings]

Monaco and Bobtail are different cars. That is a Bobtail (T39) central seat, Monaco is a true off set car, T57

Yep,meant Bobtail,opps, "Senior moment,all part of growing up"

[Roger Dowding]

I am sure that many years ago (30) there was an Austin Healey bug eye living in a sad state on the corner of Burbank and Rowendale in Manurewa. I tried to buy the car which had a bonnet conversion without headlamps and was running a Ford motor. The guy who owned said he was going to use it for dirt track racing. I have no idea what became o0f it.
Allan

As sad as this
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The MG Midget in the background front chassis and complete rear was a donor for parts to assist in the rebuild of EC4802, that was onsold and completed by Max Fisher, then completely rebuilt to original by Ross Hollings.

[Roger Dowding]

I am sure that many years ago (30) there was an Austin Healey bug eye living in a sad state on the corner of Burbank and Rowendale in Manurewa. I tried to buy the car which had a bonnet conversion without headlamps and was running a Ford motor. The guy who owned said he was going to use it for dirt track racing. I have no idea what became o0f it.
Allan

As sad as this
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The MG Midget in the background front chassis and complete rear was a donor for parts to assist in the rebuild of EC4802, that was onsold and completed by Max Fisher, then completely rebuilt to original by Ross Hollings.
The white bonnet with lights in the right place was a donor to make a mould of new front ends for Bugeyes.. mentioned before the cost was too expensive at around $500 each when the car was worth only $1000 or so in 1979, should have been done but not enough takers and not enough money to go it alone ..

[Roger Dowding]

Ross, hi
sent you a PM

cheers
Roger

Ross got your Email, thanks and posted another picture of " Our Sprite ".

[Allan]

Nearly

[nigel watts]

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[nigel watts]

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[nigel watts]

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[nigel watts]

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[nigel watts]

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[nigel watts]

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[Roger Dowding]

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NE 354 the well raced [ in different forms over the years ] by Chris White, looking very complete with its bumpers on. Nigel thanks for the posts, keep them coming, great shots.

the car with the cold air box intake, when I posted the engine shots in this thread, was if Chris' car at Masterton in 1989, was " sans bumpers " then.

[Roger Dowding]

Not chronological but another set of photos, the 1984 National Rally, have already posted 1989 and 1990, so going backwards in time.
in 1984 a group of Americans, from the West Coast, California and Oregon mainly, people I had met in 1982 when in the USA and a few others. We all billeted them and arranged share in cars to get there including some BJ9's [ not Healey's in AHCC parlance, one was a " WolsHeAley " 16/60 - seen in a couple of pictures, was still BMC.

outside my home in Herne Bay, our daily driver the Mini 1275 and my Healey 100 with Wayne and Sylvia Brown, Frank and Margaret Karls 16/60 and on up the road for Spgeti a Riley Elf !!.
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on the road Taupo Napier Road I think, Wolseley in the group, it kept up obviously didn't do the 90 mph thing like in 1989
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same road on the move, Sprites.
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more Sprites
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we got there, after many stops, a few repairs, but are outside the Holiday Park at Havelock North.
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Saturday morning and the Concour'
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The Red Sprite at the front nearest camera, FD 6525 was mine back in 1979 - 80, retained by my ex-wife and then sold in about 1983 .. had an engine rebuild and was rather quick ported polished balanced had a Cooper S Distributor, Cooper exhaust manifold modified by turning the bottom of the pipe through 90 degrees and rewelding, Cooper muffler and at one time ran a 40DCD Weber, before reverting to twin SU's to make it more tractable for the lady concerned, plus my mate wanted his Weber back, came off a Sunbeam Alpine

[Spgeti]

I lived at 90 Jervois Road from 1972 to 1975 and really enjoyed living their. I owned a 1964 MGB raodster with wires and O/D. Where were you Roger ?. Nearly bought a 100/4 from Sports Car World in Dominion Road.

[Roger Dowding]

I lived at 90 Jervois Road from 1972 to 1975 and really enjoyed living their. I owned a 1964 MGB raodster with wires and O/D. Where were you Roger ?. Nearly bought a 100/4 from Sports Car World in Dominion Road.

Spgeti, rewriting this as didn't read your post correctly, I was living in Mt Albert 1972- 75 up until 1980 in fact, then moved to 88 Sarsfield St, which had been a family home since built in 1929, was sold by a Real Esate agent Stace Bennet to my Great Uncle Frank Bell, and he and his wife, then his sisters, my Great Aunt and Grandma lived there, Grandma died in 1980 and I moved in, then in 1985 I bought the house from my father and stayed for another 10 years, my 100/4 came from Laingholm but spent a lot of time at Cooks Beach, where the hotwire wheels and strange brakes were fitted [ A50 drums on the front, smaller than the back, hairy when slammed on, as the back would lock up first.

[Roger Dowding]

The Concour' d'Elegance and others.

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Alec Issigonis would be proud !!.
Morris Minor and the Minis bigger brother the Maxi

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Outside the Puketapu Tavern on the Saturday touring run, Wolseley and Healey's to the left, locals to the right
" Clowns to the left of me Jokers to right " ....
More on the Taverrn later as it prove a popular stop !
Had to be in the Hawkes Bay - Leopard Beer on tap
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Sunday was competition day, Gymkhana and Grass Sprints type event.
The people and some Healeys,
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Competitors at the ready
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Coming up the competing, a few familiar cars ..

[Roger Dowding]

The famous H, V - H, Bernie HUYNEN's Valiant - Healey

Trying,
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Trying a bit harder,
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Trying even harder and serious, Top down to increase vision to the side and rear.
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Not sure who was driving, as cars were shared amongst others including our American visitors, probably Bernie in the last shot.
The car was sold by Bernie in recent years and the new owner tried to fit a Chev 350 ci V8, but had issues with compliance, so is / has reverting / ed to a Valiant Motor as all complianced and had been that way for much of its life since 1967/68 one of the last series of BJ8's .. I think BMC BOY knows a bit more about it.

[Roger Dowding]

Two pictures by Wayne Brown from the Oregon Healey Club,

My 100, getting ready for Concour'
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One of several breakdowns on the way to Napier, Bill Bolton from Oregon changing the wheel [ white jacket ] on Frank Karls Healey 100, yes he had one as well as the racing 3000.
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Healey Club members Heather and Adrian Rhodens - in the TR5,
[their Healey was under restoration. Their Healey seen at a Hillclimb earlier in the thread, photo by Ray Green of the Healey.]
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Back to the Gymkhana,
Sprite in action Sylvia Brown from Oregon driving [ one of many shares of cars ].
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another Sprite with a lot of opposite lock, that is how we drive them.
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Healey 100 running a bit wide and no slide.
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[Roger Dowding]

Seeing as Bill features changing the wheel post above, Here he is with two of his Healeys in 1986, both works racers, ABL 6, in BMC colours [ Red White ]and UJB 141 [ Green ] which raced at Sebring in 1960.

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Bill was a regular visitor to NZ,worked in the timber industry [ machinery ] and used to visit Rotorua, Tokoroa etc to see the Forestry people .. handy to catch up with his Healey mates in NZ ..
other person is Mark Donaldson, founder of the AHCCNZ in 1972/73 .. wearing his famous shorts

[928]

post #174
last photo of healey "running wide" as you put it, is that what the rest of us know as massive understeer?

[Roger Dowding]

post #174
last photo of healey "running wide" as you put it, is that what the rest of us know as massive understeer?

Yep, if he had put his foot down the tail would come round, and off you go !!, well that is the theory, I was known as Roundabout Roger as often went right round, instead of sliding out then moving forward.

[Roger Dowding]

Seen before on the Dunedin Festival thread but belong here ;
*** corrected information from " Spinaway " ..
Des Spillane in his early 100 from Temuka SI ***
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Neal Ferguson for Waiau SI in his Blue 100
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[Roger Dowding]

A night out by the Dunedin branch of AHCCNZ, two Healey's with matching paint.
Photo by Albert Chang ..

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Ross and Shona Osborne 100/6 and Laurie Hart BJ8, identified by Mark Donaldson from the AHCCNZ..

[Roger Dowding]

Back to the Grass Gymkhana / Sprint ;
ID 9783 which became LX 100 known as Alex the Red ;
my attempt at the test photos by Wayne Brown and his camera and my camera as well.

The start
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The finish
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[Milan Fistonic]

A couple of items from the programme for the first race meeting at Levin on January 14 1956.

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[ged]

any photos of Peter mcfarlane, raced healey in south island,always with the top up. also raced a Borgward isabella,E type,ex pinkney cooper bristol

[Roger Dowding]

A few more of my Healey ID 9783, in various hands, firstly the Browns from Salem Oregon.

Sylvia in action, ready to start Bernie Huynens Valiant Healey beside the 100
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on the test
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Wayne getting ready a couple of shots one mine, one Sylvia's
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ready by a line up of Healey's
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[Roger Dowding]

That Red Healey again,

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That is the end of Napier 1984, will follow with Rotorua a mix of 1985 and 1986 pics, then we will go further back in time to 1980 and few from 1976 at New Plymouth, the first AHCCNZ Rally I attended in a Triumph GT6.

[Roger Dowding]

Found a few more from Napier, and the story of the Puketapu Tavern [ Hotel actually according to the name over the door ]..

Heading out from the Motor Camp at Havelock North,
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This car was the third Sprite purchased in 1979 !!, sold by my ex-wife in 1983 to this young couple.
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Frank Karls other Healey complete with gunsight on the bonnet, being repaired again, puncture on the way down, and now this
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Wayne Brown in ID 9783 It ran 14 inch X 6 inch Hotwire Mags, sat rather low, even with 185 x 14's
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Puketapu Hotel
The visit was the second one as on Saturday we had arrived by Bus on the Saturday afternoon as part of a tour, the Americans liked it so much as did the publican, a few consumed and some takeaways for later. this was on the Monday when many headed home, a group of us stayed on to revisit.
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Outside the Tavern 50% Americans / 50% Kiwi's counting the camera Guy
BMC BOY on the left, and the two in blue are rest of the four that went to the USA in 1982 and traveled in the VW Kombi for several months

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That now is the final pics from 1984 Rally

[Roger Dowding]

Roger, EC 4802 was the Mk1 Sprite i restored which eventually went to Japan.The first owner was a Leslie Grant Bradley ,car registered here on 24 th October 1968.Your name features on page 3 of the rego papers i still have.You bought it from a somebody in Taupaki.Passed through Ken Smith and Chequered Flag car sales.We bought it in 1987 and restored it over 3 years,it is in the photo of the row of Healeys.

Ross has kindly sent me the Registrations papers [ originals and marked " cancelled " ], for the Sprite EC4802, chassis # AN5L 7311 under our ownership [ in my ex-wifes name actually - in the LH Drivers seat in the picture ] from 28 July 1978 to 11 November 1980, when sold to Craig Fisher, Max Fisher's son. Ross bought it 11 March 1987.
Thanks for the papers Ross and the picture you sent me taken according to the back in 1990.

This " EC4802 "
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which had this
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became this " 59BUG I "
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A great job Ross,

[45DCOE]

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Came across this in the weekend. Looks more or less complete

[Roger Dowding]

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Came across this in the weekend. Looks more or less complete

Would be worth having, 4A judging by the side lights and chrome trim on the front guard, with the Targa / Surrey type roof [ the word Targa not used for them back then ], on Strombergs, mine a '67 had SU's. Damn I miss my TR4A - sold to help buy a house as at the time was in rebuilt condition and worth more then the Healey I also had the '53 100.. torn between the two marques ..

[khyndart in CA]

Who ever gets this Triumph don't forget to check this site.

http://www.mossmotors.com/Browse/ComponentMenuProducts.aspx?WebCatalogID=11&PlateTypeID=1

Just remember it is for LHD cars.


(Ken Hyndman )

[Roger Dowding]

Who ever gets this Triumph don't forget to check this site.

http://www.mossmotors.com/Browse/ComponentMenuProducts.aspx?WebCatalogID=11&PlateTypeID=1

Just remember it is for LHD cars.


(Ken Hyndman )

Is that " where everyone gets a bargain and a money back guarantee ", sorry Ken that is the " W[h]arehouse "..

[khyndart in CA]

Roger,
It is to use so you can get an idea of the parts prices here and you can say "I have a mate in the states who will ship it for half the price " as a bargaining tool.
So you put the money in my NZ account first and then perhaps one day I will get around to sending it to you.
Does that sound like a fair deal ?

(Ken )

[Roger Dowding]

Roger,
It is to use so you can get an idea of the parts prices here and you can say "I have a mate in the states who will ship it for half the price " as a bargaining tool.
So you put the money in my NZ account first and then perhaps one day I will get around to sending it to you.
Does that sound like a fair deal ?

(Ken )

Love it, now to try and buy the TR, will take a bit of explaining with the Ministress of Finance, though, that could also take a while.. cheers

[Roger Dowding]

These photos, some of which have appeared on other threads belong here.
They are from AHCCNZ events in the late 1970's and February 1981,

Mark Donaldson's pictures of me driving my Uncle Eddie Dowding's LHD Rover 3500 at a gymkhana on Bruce Belton's farm, near Waiuku, what was Franklin County, South Auckland. February 1981
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very spirited but casual driving, arm on window ledge, probably to hold me in place. same event.
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Ken H, not quite as sideways as the TR4 got ..

three Ross Cammick photos of other Healey events;
a mid winter run, which was at the 1981 National Rally in Rotorua includes Ross's car HL3000 and others. pic appears elsewhere in this thread with another of the same stop ..
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a Gymkhana event which may have been at the Bruce Belton farm. I am unsure, but remember it was near the water in the Waiuku - Glenbrook area,

BSA Healey and Sunbeam, a mixed lot at AHCCNZ events, as many Healey owners had cars that were not mobile, two of the guys in the photo actually jointly owned a Big Healey at the time that was more or less a chassis with some parts. BSA owned by Lyle Chambers [ sitting on Bill Povey's Healey beside Bill's wife Kathy ] and the Sunbeam owned by Richard Leaper [ peering into the Healey ] Bill also looking into his Healey ( passenger side ), Judy Leaper sitting on the Sunbeam.
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The BSA being driven by owner Lyle, passenger not known [ not remembered ].
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[Roger Dowding]

A couple of Sprite Brochures, front covers ; courtesy Andreas Lindenberg who runs a Sprite forum on Facebook..

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Wheels are unusual Centrelock Splines but 8 spokes not wires or Slotted Steels as original..

[Roger Dowding]

Brochure Cover for the Mark 111, Sprite 1098 cc engined and on wires as I owned in 1974-76 and the second one in 1979 - 80 ish, was on steel wheels ..

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source Andreas Lindenberg from his Facebook Sprite forum.. It is OK as he has some of my pictures too !!.

[Roger Dowding]

another brochure or advert, from Davy Devries from Sprites and Midgets Facebook page.

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look better driven like this ..

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or this

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photos by Dennis Green, 1975 and second in 1974, at NSCC events [ posted before ].

[nigel watts]

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[Roger Dowding]

Nigel, thanks for those, B & W images are always great, cheers

[khyndart in CA]

Roger,
Why is it that in LHD cars they understeer with you at the wheel.
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But in RHD cars you have the rear end hanging out ?
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BTW your TR 4A pic may be in the Moss Magazine next month. (You owe me !)


(Ken Hyndman )

[Roger Dowding]

Roger,
Why is it that in LHD cars they understeer with you at the wheel.
34723
But in RHD cars you have the rear end hanging out ?
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BTW your TR 4A pic may be in the Moss Magazine next month. (You owe me !)


(Ken Hyndman )

Ken H, dunno about oversteer / understeer thing, just a heavy right foot .should drive more sedately like this - borrowed car again.

The Moss Mag, will be great to see, and yes I do owe you

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and to prove I did drive in a straight line, not pictures but result cards from Thunderpark Drag Strip in 1984, in another borrowed car Ross Osborne's 100/6, not quick

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[Roger Dowding]

Gone a way back in time for these, the first National Rally I attended [ in a Triumph .. oops, had sold the Sprite just before; EASTER 1976
Unsure at this stage who owned most of the cars, will update later when I get information from Mark Donaldson [ notes on the photos may be wrong ]

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#4
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For those from new Plymouth thinking where was it held, here is the answer !! we stayed here and had the Concours on the Saturday morning.
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[Roger Dowding]

In the AHCCNZ there are two well known Healeys that we re-engined quite early in their " lives ", the Valiant Healey owned for many years by Bernie Huynen, pictured here at Napier in 1984; have had a drive in this car, wasn't very successful at it though.

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and at Masterton in 1989, on a Hillclimb

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Another well known car is Reg Whittaker's 100/8, a 100 that was repowered in the early 70's - [ with a V8 Buick / Oldsmobile type around 215 ci or 3500 cc I believe first ], has had several different V8's in it over the years, here it is in 1976 at New Plymouth. never driven it but have had a few rides around Waiuku in it with R O W known as Reg of Waiuku .. Reg was a School teacher and lives his life in Waiuku, he was instrumental in getting permission from the locals for the AHCCNZ Otaua Hillclimb on Maioro Rd, Reg lived in Bothwell Park Road, which was close by

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Both cars have spent most of the time with the repower in place ..

the 100/8 is at the right in this scene at the Devon Motor Lodge

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[Roger Dowding]

Some random items from that trip in 1982 with BMC BOY and others;

Went to the Jaguar Owners Club of Oregon " JOCO " - The 6th All British Field Meet & Jaguar Concours
11 September 1982 at Portland Oregon.
had a sticker about British Engineering .. posted previously

here are two more ;
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obviously all the makes can co-exist and at one time were the same organisation - under the BL banner

Here is a TR4 ( mine ) a Jaguar, some Healeys and even a Hillman Hunter wagon [ how he got there unsure - must have been a Healey members BJ9 which is a non-Healey in Club terms ]. at Rotorua Rally in 1980.

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[Kevin Hirst]

In the AHCCNZ there are two well known Healeys that we re-engined quite early in their " lives ", the Valiant Healey owned for many years by Bernie Huynen, pictured here at Napier in 1984; have had a drive in this car, wasn't very successful at it though.

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and at Masterton in 1989, on a Hillclimb

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Another well known car is Reg Whittaker's 100/8, a 100 that was repowered in the early 70's - [ with a V8 Buick / Oldsmobile type around 215 ci or 3500 cc I believe first ], has had several different V8's in it over the years, here it is in 1976 at New Plymouth. never driven it but have had a few rides around Waiuku in it with R O W known as Reg of Waiuku .. Reg was a School teacher and lives his life in Waiuku, he was instrumental in getting permission from the locals for the AHCCNZ Otaua Hillclimb on Maioro Rd, Reg lived in Bothwell Park Road, which was clo
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Both cars have spent most of the time with the repower in place ..

the 100/8 is at the right in this scene at the Devon Motor Lodge

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That look's nice, GT6 fastback fitted to Healy

[Roger Dowding]

Time sequence is all out, as scanned another set today and started in the wrong envelope, was supposed to be 1980, but here we go with 1987, also at Rotorua, which was the venue of quite a number of the Annual Rally's.

Chris White's 100 M [ replica ], a car often seen at Healey meetings and in classic racing.
here it is sans Roll Bar and all the safety stuff, screen up.
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Easter 1987, 17 - 20 April .. at Rotorua ;
The group on a run probably on the Saturday afternoon.
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Nelligan Cammick Osborne and White Healey's, [ Cammick is BMC BOY ].
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at the Gymkhana, Sunday usually, think the same this year.
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watching and standing by the cars, the new White caps with the AHCCNZ logo on a few mens heads, incl Mark Donaldson the clubs founder on the right.
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a 3000 and Chris White's 100m with screen down, a great look but in many ways a dangerous option.
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[Roger Dowding]

Kevin , my GT6, parked beside the Healey, I didn't quite get the alignment right, but would have been a good look for a Healey !! ..

[Roger Dowding]

Tried to post these yesterday but it went all wrong.

Phil Mules Cobra and a line of Healey's
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Some People shots
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Gavin Hicks facing camera - mine [ RIP Gavin ] in the photo - think I should name all the ones I know - for the future.
also in shot Mark Donaldson centre right next an unknown and Peter Nelligan on the right

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Bernie Huynen, [RIP Bernie ] in the centre, Ross Cammick on the right. On the left is ??

The Dinner at the Rotorua THC Hotel.
the menu..
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[Roger Dowding]

Chris White that 100 M, without windscreen,
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Radiator repairs, not what you want when a long way from home ..

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Meanwhile the AGM is held, attention focused on Tony Van de Water, the guy who runs BASIS, the parts supply business for older cars in Renwick.
The guy at the back in the white jacket and glasses was our International Visitor - Bill Bolton, from Corvallis Oregon USA ..
Standing at left Phil Mules - now on the Gold Coast Mark Donaldson [ ex President and now President again of AHCCNZ in 2018 on ] and seated at the table North Island Ross Osborne [ not to be confused with Dunedin Ross Osborne ] - others I have forgotten
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That is all from Rotorua..1987 that is ..

[Roger Dowding]

The 1980 Rally at Rotorua, we held the Rally there quite a number of times in the late 1970's through the 1980's, last one '87, unsure if held there since 1990.
*** corrected information
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Ross Cammick's early 3000 a genuine two seater with rear shroud similar to the 100/4's [ no little seat or platform behind the drivers seat.
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Craig Swift from Wellington and his 3000 beside Des Spillane's 100 [ Craig went the the USA with Ross Cammick and I for the 1982 ; 30th Anniversary of the Austin Healey celebration in Colorado.
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Les and Shirley Megget's late model 3000 [ now sporting two tone paint but still with the old Rego GM 171, later to be LM 3000, which they still own 40 years later and Craig's 3000.
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another 3000 think it may have Philip Mules at the time, will have to confer with Mark Donaldson from AHCCNZ
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*** The White 100 that is in these picture is Des Spillane from Temuka, It is not Chris White's car which he acquired later on and has Reg NE354 .. not BH2270 ..
I attended in my TR4A, the second time had been to a Healey Rally in a Triumph, done previously in 1976 at New Plymouth. Don't know why we didn't take the Mark 111 Sprite, could have been the time of an engine rebuild.

[Roger Dowding]

Mark Donaldson, " El Presidente " and founder of the AHCCNZ checking his 1956 BN2 100 4 cylinder, which he still has today,
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The BN2 in company of a couple of Sprites [ HAN7's I think, 1965-67 versions with 1100cc engines and wind up side windows ], and a 3000
Staying at the Kon Tiki Motel as we did quite a few times.
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a personalised plate before such things were available and turned into a profit making exercise, you had to request a plate letters and numbers in the 2 letters and up to four number then wait for them to be issued, the H series followed by either 100 or 3000 were popular, [ you had to have a reason to request a plate " damaged " was the best reason - just take to the old plates with a hammer when the news ones arrived and head of to your local Post Office or Transport Dept ] - my flatmate '81-'84 Lyle Chambers, of BSA special fame in the blue jeans and brown shirt

**** Des Spillane's white 100 in the background, his brother Jim's two tone 3000 in the foreground, Jim doing some cleaning for the Concours' and Chris Whites Sprite background right..
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From behind a Sprite and a 3000.
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Open wide, a very tidy AN5 Sprite owned by Chris White and won the Concours - info from Spinaway
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only a few more to come from 1980 including the Frank Karl in his purple Healey in one of its many guises.

[Roger Dowding]

Under the bonnet, Ross Cammicks 3000, radiator is angled to accommodate Rack and Pinion Steering I believe, and the car had other mods over the years, especially after Ross travelled to the USA in 1982.
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Frank Karl's purple Healey in one of its many guises, without bumpers and a stick on number plate. Frank is standing behind the car
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a well known car from Wellington, owners name escapes for the moment.
*** John Rundle and Anne Rundle's steel wheeled car, John passed away a while ago, info from Barry Moon - the car features in other photo's in the thread ..

The notes are incorrect - this is an early 3000 - sidescreens not wind-up windows so not John and Anne Rundle.

Further post with this photo done recently February 2024, before my mistake was corrected.
Am unsure whose car,
The Rundle BJ8 was sold in 2009 in Wellington and is now in Christchurch, according to Ross W Osborne, " Big " Healey Registrar and " Healey Registrar for the NZ Club.

Barry Moon also passed away in recent years, sadly. Went with him to the 1989 Rally at Masterton and surrounds.
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Those two Sprites, again
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Three big Healeys, including Ross Cammick's on the right, others are Craig Swift [ left ] and Des Spillane's 100.
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the line up at the Gymkhana, includes my TR a Jaguar, Hillman Hunter, a Mini and some Healeys - just as well as was a Healey event. The Gymkhana was held up in the Mamaku's and organised by Phil Mules, whose other Healeys and Cobra have featured on this thread.
Am going to repost some Healey photos from the Telecom Motorfest thread to here.
That is the end of the 1980 Rally pictures.

[Roger Dowding]

the picture was missing - refer previous comment.
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[Roger Dowding]

Posted on the Telecom Thread, Phil Mules Austin - Healey 3000, Chris Whites 3000 and Gordon Vogtherr's Healey Elliott, a car well known in Vintage and Classic events ..

Phil Mules
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Chris White
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Phil again
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Gordon Vogtherr, followed by a Riley 1.5
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[Roger Dowding]

Bumpers and valance removed, no driving lights and now sporting 72 spoke Wire Wheels, on the rear, off a Triumph TR6, that I had used on my TR4A at times. 48 spokes were original, bloody narrow though !!
It has a new soft top, had only the frame and a hardtop when purchased, soft top was purchased in the UK during my 1982 trip to the USA and UK .. I liked it without the bumpers, the front one was a non-original one, as were the brakes and the 14 inch Hotwire Mags. I believe that Lance Elliott has taken it back to original when he did the restoration that was required. Unsure who has the car now.
I bought it from a guy in Laingholm who also had an MGC, but it had spent some time and had the " modifications " done, funny brakes and those Hotwires when owned, by a guy from Cook Beach, Coromandel. had correspondence about it but gave that and the workshop parts book [ original ], manual [ a reproduction ] to Lance Elliott.

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[Roger Dowding]

A Poster this time of the 100 M [ Le Mans version of the 100 / 4 ].

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from Healey Club of Vistoria, using a UK Healey Cluib badge , a poster with Donald Geoff and Bic [ Brian ] Healey .

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Have several of the books that Donald Geoffrey and Brian wrote / co-wrote.
Donald wrote one in 1959 " The Austin Healey " co-written with Tommy Wisdom
Peter Garnier and Brian Healey wrote a book in 1989 " Donald Healey My World of Cars "

Geoffrey Healey, wrote three books
- ' Austin Healey - " The story of the Big Healeys " '.
- ' More Healeys - " Frogeyes, Sprites and Midgets " '.
and
- ' Healey - " The Specials " '.

[Oldfart]

I would really like to know if the "Healey Enthusiast" who asked to borrow some drawings which were given to me by the Healey family when I visited them in Perranporth, which I agreed to, and then despite the staff in his workshop telling him that he had borrowed them, flat denied it, has ever shown my STOLEN drawings to anyone else. Le Mans Sprite.

[Roger Dowding]

I would really like to know if the "Healey Enthusiast" who asked to borrow some drawings which were given to me by the Healey family when I visited them in Perranporth, which I agreed to, and then despite the staff in his workshop telling him that he had borrowed them, flat denied it, has ever shown my STOLEN drawings to anyone else. Le Mans Sprite.

Oldfart, that is not good, they would have been a great gift from the Healey's to you. Most " Healey Enthusiasts " are good guys and girls. having said that I still have a book loaned to me in the early 80's, which I neglected to return and have now lost contact with " Paul " originally from Sydney, but living in NZ at the time. The book is still in the same condition as when I was lent it..

[Oldfart]

They were a bit precious, pencil, "near plans" for the Le Mans Sprite on about A1 size drawing paper. As you say Roger, most are nice folks, as always one rotten apple in the barrell... If they do turn up anywhere at least someone might know where they belong. And I still lend out things, another gone AWOL is my copy of Ralph Watson Special Engineer :(

[Trevor Sheffield]

They were a bit precious, pencil, "near plans" for the Le Mans Sprite on about A1 size drawing paper. As you say Roger, most are nice folks, as always one rotten apple in the barrell... If they do turn up anywhere at least someone might know where they belong. And I still lend out things, another gone AWOL is my copy of Ralph Watson Special Engineer :(

Unfortunately even I do not have a spare copy of Ralph Watson Special Engineer as otherwise I would send you one. As it happens I loaned the last one I had, to be never returned. :-)

[Oldfart]

Really appreciate the thought Trevor.

[Roger Dowding]

Unfortunately even I do not have a spare copy of Ralph Watson Special Engineer as otherwise I would send you one. As it happens I loaned the last one I had, to be never returned. :-)

Trevor, your article in electronic form is on the favourites bar on my computer, I have a look every so often, met Ralph a couple of times when my mate Lyle had his BSA Special and we shared a house in Herne Bay, he was a friend of my Uncle Eddie in his NSCC days

[Roger Dowding]

Posted photos of LX100 and realise they are more likely 1986, by the other cars owned the Daihatsu was 85-87 approx
here is the car as purchased apart from the new exhaust, an early replacement and quite shiny.

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Lyle in the garage behind the car, working - he was great mechanically minded person, more than I was.
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the engine before and after the cylinder head rebuild - actually another head rebuilt - from Mark Donaldson who had several spares.
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now Red and rebuilt ..
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a lot of activity went on in the 1981 - 1985 period in the garages at 88 Sarsfield Street, we had the AHCCNZ spare parts and my mate Lyle was the parts Manager, when I was Club Captain 1981-82, and worked on this Healey, Lyle's BSA, my TR4A, with help from Ross Cammick, as well as servicing mates cars for a small fee usually a case or two of beer, we had a small garage pit, ramps, stands, and various jacks to help !! called ourselves " Kerbside Motors { a division " the Backyard Motor Company " a take off of " BMC ".

[khyndart in CA]

Roger,
You are now recognized around the world for your driving skills in your 1967 TR 4 A.
This photo has made you famous in the Moss Motoring magazine.
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Roger Dowding at the 1980 Bardahl Hillclimb in NZ. (Photographer unknown )

Well done mate, one day I will show up to get your autograph.

Check out these sites. There are some good Moss articles in them.
If you look closely you may also see another certain person mentioned.

http://www.mossmotoring.com/looking-back/

http://www.mossmotoring.com/issue-1-2016/



(Ken Hyndman )


Last edited by khyndart in CA; Today at 01:14 PM.

[Roger Dowding]

Roger,
You are now recognized around the world for your driving skills in your 1967 TR 4 A.
This photo has made you famous in the Moss Motoring magazine.
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Roger Dowding at the 1980 Bardahl Hillclimb in NZ. (Photographer unknown )

Well done mate, one day I will show up to get your autograph.

Check out these sites. There are some good Moss articles in them.
If you look closely you may also see another certain person mentioned.

http://www.mossmotoring.com/looking-back/

http://www.mossmotoring.com/issue-1-2016/



(Ken Hyndman )




Last edited by khyndart in CA; Today at 01:14 PM.

Ken, thanks and you have done a great job of improving it, must save it to my archives, better than the original print that i have. busy now reading the links, cheers

Roger D.

PS did see the article too !! cheers R D

[Roger Dowding]

A couple of copies of posters / adverts for Austin Healey's in the 1950's ..

Austin of America " Austin of England " , my car had that badge on the rear, this would be 1953, ater the car was shown at the 1952 Earls Court, London Motor Show as a Healey then Leonard Lord head of Austin that became the fledgling BMC. Lord had it Austin - Healey badged, they raised the headlights slightly from the prototypes.

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my cars never looked that good and even looked like this at one stage, with other BMC products and a Fiat beside, complete with Sammy " that " Dog in his favorite place wherever we were even when working on the cars.

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a Poster from 1959 also US issue but is now sold by " The British Motor Corporation, Ltd " and represented in US by Hambro Automotive Corporation, still at the same address 27 West 57th Street.New York.

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again my cars didn't look as good, in 1981 I owned this Sprite, purchased with the Insurance money from the crashed TR4A - yep that one Ken, that had all the bog in the front shroud. I actually bought the car back from the Insurance Company as the damage was really only to the panels, chassis still good, as were the mechanicals.

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Photo taken at the corner of the garage where that LHD Sprite sat with the spare bonnet and my " Tuesday " Carless Day Car a 1956 Austin A35 that ran the twin SU's of the LHD Sprite

[Roger Dowding]

Have had the first photo here from Ross Cammick for some time and was unsure where it was from Ross has now told me it was the 1981 Rally at Rotorua, at Easter. I borrowed [ swapped cars ] with my Ex and took her Sprite.

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another view of the cars, Cameron Mackay and myself looking, I think Brad Chibnall with cigarette in mouth, the lady unsure.
** Car closest is Bryan and Brenda Harris - have recently got back in contact with them - part of the 1982 Healey Group to the USA
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The Sprite [ seen at Napier in 1984 with its new owners ] on the Gymkhana course looks fairly mucky, lots of loose grass and so low to the ground.

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Must get Ross to find some more photos from the Rally, I don't seem to have any !! .

As an aside there was a small gathering of cars on Bribie Island today in conjunction with the " Old Boats Day " that the local yacht club runs and in the lineup a 1965 Sprite that was a bit scruffy but goes well, took a couple of photos and will post later on.

[Roger Dowding]

A couple of photos of Healey's in the USA, owned by friends of mine.

Jerry Luidahls 100, I met Jerry at Snowmass and we caught up in Salem Oregon , actually rode in his car at the Oregon Clubs meeting at Medford in early September 1982.
Here is the car ar Snowmass next to the Fred Cohen 100S. the car was being worked on at Snowmass the 100S as had been sold.
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This is the Facebook picture for John Wilson's business in Oregon, John stayed with us in 1988 when the Healey Club of Oregon visited, he was also at Napier in 1984, and at Snowmass in 1982, we stayed with him in 1982 with Ross Cammick and in 1988 I stayed again with my wife. John loaned us a 3000 in 1988 to go touring around in Orgeon and Washington State.
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[Roger Dowding]

The following is a series of photos taken straight from my Album, so three or four to the page plus some business cards and other items Healey related. This is from the trip that " BMC BOY " and I did along with some other NZ Healey enthusiasts, some for the whole time, some for the first part of the journey from early July to late September for me, over 6 months for " BMC BOY ", [ I went on the England and Europe, returning to NZ in late November 1982 ]
These are but a small portion of the hundreds of photo's taken.

In Los Angeles, Craig Swift sitting in our host Bill Barnett's Healey 100 at Santa Ana LA, Walt Glendenning and BMC BOY admiring Walt's 1958 BN6 100 SIX . Walt's Car with a Healey Essential a beer cooler , Eski for the Aussies and a Chilly Bin for us Kiwi's, Healey Motoring essentials Healey with wire wheels and cold beer.
The business card from " Absolutely British ", when Walt owned, he passed away in around 1988 and Han Nohr took it over as A B 2, , It is now A B 3, run by a guy called Eric whom we met and is well known to Ken Hyndman and Moss Motors. the second two photos taken at Ventura / Oxnard LA
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Flagstaff Arizona on " Route 66 ", US 66 " the Mother Road " also known as " Will Rogers Highway ", we stayed at this Motel enroute for Los Angeles to Snowmass at Aspen in Colorado, an over 1100 mile journey.
The group at a stop in the desert Hans Nohr by his car - closest, A Healey on the road.
These photos taken between Flagstaff and Durango.
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More of travelling in Arizona with Hans Car in a group and on the road [ top pictures ]
Craig Swift driving Walt's car and second sitting with Bill Barnett in the driveway at Santa Ana, two steering wheels.
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Getting there , in the Mountains, and at Independence Pass 12095 feet above sea level, atmosphere very thin the cars struggled as did anyone trying to walk fast or run. The pass is about as high as Mt Cook.
lower pics a Sprite at Snowmass ready for Concours'
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AT Snowmass Fred Cohen Healey 100S, which was a work in progress on its way to a new owner in the East Coast, later Steve Pike from Australia worked on the car before delivery to New York
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At Snowmass a Healey with a Healey trailer John and Shirley Wilson from Oregon, John Colgate a works Healey Driver, who is still around today, lives in the UK, Bill Bolton's Healey Sebring that raced there in 1961 UJB 141, part of the Team Healey. the 100S again
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[Roger Dowding]

A Sprite and 100 with a bonnet scoop, 100 with fat tyres ran a V8, Colorado Reg GB 5104, standing beside the car two of the kiwi girls in the contingent.
lower - two views of the Silverstone
7,
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Close up of the " Sebring " 100S wheel, damaged 3000 hit on the way to the event, Nash Healey Coupe, Sprite engine and on the Funkhana course it was wet !!
8,
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Some people, Walt BMC BOY and Roger, Alfie's 3000, part of our transport, the South Central Coast Healey Club, a checkpoint on the Rally, much better weather, Kiwi's and Oregonians together, stop at a gas station at Roaring Fork
9,
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After Snowmass, returned to LA and went to Cold Springs Tavern near Santa Barbara twice in fact, first time in a borrowed VW Kombi and the second time when heading North in our own [ just purchased a 1976 model I think ] - we paid US$2400 for it and had it worked on at Jim Mann's workshop, only paid for parts and had his head mechanic advise on what to do, did most the work ourselves. Here seen up on the hoist, being in LA had to go to Disneyland, here are some the kiwi's, near the gate, last pic and business card at Foreign Parts West, where I purchased a " new " as in lightly damaged bonnet for my TR4A, To be shipped back to NZ along with parts for the Harris's Sprite. TR4 sitting behind a GT6, owned examples of them in NZ a non-Healey photo.
11
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skipped page 10 as not really Healey related

a mix here, at Ventura, getting ready with the Lincoln and Healey's Mark Donaldson in a Healey at Mt St Helen, Washington State, so way up North, Bill Boltons Sebring 3000 again, UJB 141
12,
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A Ross Cammick photo, of myself and Walt in his 3000 on the way from Flagstaff to Durango..
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[Roger Dowding]

Roger at AH Spares UK, unsure why I put it here, the only non US picture !!.
At San Diego, the VW and us on a run with the Healey Club to the Wild Animal Park, having lunch with Terry Cowan, a Healey Racer, and his partner.
Terry's racing 3000, he now runs a Sprite. [ The racer photo - Ross BMC BOY Cammick, Bryan Harris and car owner Terry Cowan - am back in touch with all three - some 37 years later ]
13,
34926

Medford Oregon for the Oregon Clubs Rally, that 3000 with trailer that was at Snowmass, the late John Wilson's of Healey Lane Restorations fame and his late wife Shirly owned the car.
These days John'sson owns the Restoration business in Oregon .
Jerry Luidahls 100 that was shown at Snowmass with the Fred Cohen 100S.
on the road John Lowsley from Oregon - left, and Mark Donaldson and Nell Holdstock in Nell's Healey
14,
34927

Salem Oregon and a Sprite " graveyard " Rex Urban of Mini Motors, he still has a few around 34 years later, Bryan Nell and Mark looking for parts.
15,
34928

Medford and Portland, John Lowsley's 3000, Sprites at Medford the Concours', a brunch at Casa Lupita in Portland, with the Oregon and Washington State guys and girls [ Paul Rogers, Norm Cappeon and Dick Mayor with the balloon, and a young fellow that was with the Healey group - have got back in touch with Rex Urban, his business partner Paul Lawry, Paul Rogers and Norman Cappoen - still in touch with Mark - sadly Nell passed away a few years ago. ]
16, the last of the series.
34929

Back to where we started, again a Ross Cammick photo, getting ready for Snowmass, at Venturas Ca.
Back to camera Bryan and Walt, [ obscured ? ], myself facing camera and taking a picture from the opposite direction, again the Lincoln " Kiwi Healey ", with Walts - Red and Hans - Green Healey's ..
34930

[Roger Dowding]

Jim Mayfields modified 3000, Jim in White T shirt at Bill Barnett's house in Santa Ana Califronia July 1982
34932


Walt Glendennings at a stop on the way to / or from Snowmass July 1982
34933


Nell Holdstock passenger and Bill Barnett in Bill's 100 at the West Coast Meeting of Healey Clubs at Bend Oregon in 1979.
34934

[Roger Dowding]

Alfie, was quite a character, a mate of Hans Nohr and Walt Glendenning and Jim Mann from the South Central Coast Austin - Healey Club, based in Ventura North L.A. The car had a paint job that several others used with the two tone side, which was normal, but the same contrast around the bonnet scoop.

Here is the car leading our group up into the mountains in Colorado in July 1982, " The Road to Snowmass " Colorado.

34955

A Ross Cammick picture of Alfie in the car, probably part of the Snowmass trip seen in post #229

34957

Here it is at Snowmass, Alfie's hat on the door handle as it stuck out - damaged.
34954

[Roger Dowding]

A few pics from the Funkhana / Gymkhana event held in the wet.
A BJ8
34958
same car
34959

Mike Hall from Vancouver B.C. ehh !! near the start, the crowd in the marquee !!
34960

Mike again
34961

Sprint to the finish, with Nell Holdstock on the timing.
34962

The Rally [ Time Speed and Distance ] a Trial in NZ was held the following day in sunshine, this is summer in Colorado for you.

The heading is quoted from my Diary written at the time, 34 years ago, when I was 34 too !!. Great memories, Ken H, enjoy.. some of these people would have been Moss Motors customers,

[BMCBOY]

That is probably Frank Karl in the primer coloured Healey


34963

[khyndart in CA]

Roger & Ross,
Thanks so much for these.
I will be sharing these with Eric etc. They are very much appreciated and thanks for all the effort to present them so well after almost
35 yrs. Well done.

Ken H.

[Roger Dowding]

That is probably Frank Karl in the primer coloured Healey


34963

Yep would say so, Yes would be the same car in my last pic with Nell on the stopwatch and chart, timing, good photo, Mate

[Roger Dowding]

Roger & Ross,
Thanks so much for these.
I will be sharing these with Eric etc. They are very much appreciated and thanks for all the effort to present them so well after almost
35 yrs. Well done.

Ken H.

Ken H, there will be more including others of Hans and Walt and their cars, as well as Jim Mann in and around Ventura / Oxnard as well as the Snowmass stuff. Have heard from the Austin Healey Owners Club of British Columbia, that Mike Hall still has his Healey, but lives away from Vancouver in " Ladner " !! Mark Donaldson is sending him the the pics as they are still in touch, I only met Mike briefly at Snowmass and in Vancouver B C .. small world .. sadly a few in the pictures are no longer with us, as we know.
cheers, Roger D. and thanks for the comments.

[Roger Dowding]

35006

35007

35008

these have been posted in a set, so here they are separately, Walt Glendennings Healey
at Ventura, with BMC BOY July 1982
35009

at Independence Pass, the Continental Divide in Colorado. July 1982.
35010

[Roger Dowding]

the Fred Cohen 100S
35027

35028

35029

other Healey's
35030

35031

View down the Snowmass valley and over the levels of carpark, Healey's everywhere with Bill Bolton's Sebring #19 in the middle next to his wifes black car purchased new in 1962 by Flo Bolton, a tri-carb version, only made for one year

35032

[Roger Dowding]

Some of the little Healey's ..
35147

at the controls
35148

a very bright Sprite.. and short shorts, they are back again,
35149

Silver Sprite with nice but not so wide mags ..
35150

The 100S off the trailer and being moved to work on ..
35151

The 100s beside the truck it came in, a very tight fit and minor damage to the truck, the 100 now has wheels off and is being worked on.. as it was quite a bit of the week.
35152

Most of the at Snowmass shots posted, will be back to the journey's getting there and back and then going to San Diego [ we went to Mexico but no Healey's ] then North to Laguna Seca and on to Oregon and Washington in the VW Kombi.

[Roger Dowding]

Some shots from getting ready for the big road trip of over 1100 miles - each way.
The Kiwi and US guys washing the cars.
35218

loading up, can of " Bud " on the footpath ..
35223

BMC BOY and Walt fitting the hood. roof for Americans as hood is the bonnet.
35219

Hans Nohr arrives in his Healey, Hans had arranged our transport with other Healey guys and travelled with us.
note the 55-56 !! Chevrolet Nomad and '64 Mustang across the street
35220

Cat watching the Healey .. extra security !! because " everybody tries to steal your stuff " ehh!! NZInsurance
35221

Badge bar on Hans car - it had fixed L shaped ends mounted to bumper and the centre with the badges on swiveled so it was out of the way [ the badges were horizontal ] while travelling..
35222

[Roger Dowding]

First overnight stop in Flagstaff on the old Route 66, where we met up with more Healey's and other travellers in a Jaguar and a Datsun [ their Healey was anon-runner ].
Henning Krebs 3000, BMC BOY recently sent a picture of this car at California Healey Week 1983, as he stayed in the USA, after I left for England in late September 1982
35262

Decisions ? which camera do I use ??, Jim Mann from Ventura - he owned the Lincoln we used
35263

The line up Healeys that Lincoln the Jaguar and the Datsun .. the Datsun had trouble keeping up in the run through Colorado [ the 55mph speed limit was advisory only to our group ]
The lead car had a Radar Detector and a CB radio, the last car had a Radar detector pointing out the rear out the rear and a CB radio - to listen to the truckies, and control the convoy.
35264

Healey trio the Lincoln and Jaguar
35265

Sprinting to his Healey Hans Nohr, and a great looking 1961-62 Chev Coupe. having set up camera's for pictures of the groups cars.

35266
Road sign seen from a Healey, at the Junction of Interstate 40 and Highway 89, which we went on to [ part of Historic Route 66 at this stage
35267

[BMCBOY]

I managed to attend the 1985 Australian Austin-Healey Rally in Ballarat on the way to Europe. There were some very rare cars there including quite a number of 100S models and also factory 3000's

35304

35305

35306

35307

35308

35309

[Roger Dowding]

After Snowmass in July and Laguna Seca [ Monterey 9th Historic Car Races ] in August the intrepid VW Kombi crew of four continued North and were in Oregon at the time of the AHCC of Oregon Annual Rally, a low key affair as many had attended Snowmass. There were Five Kiwi's there as Mark Donaldson [ founder and First President of AHCCNZ ] was there with his Canadian - American partner Nell Holdstock, The four Kombi-ites, were myself BMC BOY and a couple of English -Kiwi's, Bryan and Brenda Harris
A few shots from the Concour' Day 04/09/1982.
The lineup.
35390

an interesting Healey with a trailer, John Wilson from Eugene Oregon who was a Healey collector and restorer, still is.
35391

A couple of 100's.. the Late Earl Gingerich 100, his son now owns it.
35392

Jerry Luidahls 100 Bryan Harris in it.
35393

close up of Jerry's 100
35394

The following day they held a Funkhana at the local Go-Kart track
35395

Mark Donaldson from AHCCNZ advised me that he won the Funkhana that day in his ladies 1961 Tri-carb 3000..

[Roger Dowding]

Walt's car has featured on this thread, and the business still survives, after being run by Hans Nohr and now by Eric Grunden [ I checked my spelling .. Ken H ].
Travelled in Walts car to Snowmass, with the AHCCNZ group, and visited his workshop in Goleta, not too far from where Ken Hyndman works at Moss Motors.

This is Walts first card before they came up with the name

35446

Absolutely British..
35445

Walt beside his car in Ventura, with Ross Cammick. July 1982
35447

Here is a letter from Ken H, on Absolutely British - Eric Grunden letterhead, a small world indeed, the Classic Car World.
35448

[Roger Dowding]

35449

[Roger Dowding]

Was at their annual Show and Shine today around 50 cars, will post some photos when my camera recharges.

[Roger Dowding]

Standing beside a 100 modified to M Spec, owner Norman also has a TR3A #11
35450

Healey Coupe - The " Ward Healey 100 " [ for sale ] and a 100 photo #5
35451

Widened 3000, work done in Melbourne on a 1966 3000, 3 inches added to the width of the car, modified engine as well #9
35452

General view with the 100 and Coupe #3
35453

An Austin Sprite [ no Healey in the name - after the agreement has finished with Donald Healey Motor Company in 1969/70 #20
35454

Heavily modified Sprite with a Turbo and Fuel injection #8
35455

Took 22 photos, more to follow, will put the rest in order.

[Roger Dowding]

general scene #1
35492
3000's #4
35493
Number plate says it all QLD not Oregon this time " 55 BN1 " #7
35494
100/6 #10
35495
line up rear views #12
35496
Sprites #13
35497

[Roger Dowding]

100's several #14
35498

Healey coupe #15
35499

those 100's again a pair #16
35500

100/6 Hardtop #17
35501

general view - the rear of the cars #18
35502

100/4 #21
35503

[Roger Dowding]

Shots of the Ward Coupe.. wish I had taken a closeup of the notice board with information on the car.

35505

35504

35506

[Roger Dowding]

Repeating the pictures, have enlarged the information boards..

The widened 3000
the car
35507

the details - not a great angle
35508

The BN1 Ward Special Coupe
the car
35509

the details. If I see the car displayed again - will take better photo
35510

[Roger Dowding]

A reproduction brochure, created in 1982 by Austin Healey Association in the USA about the 1961-62 Tri-Carb 3000's. from the original released at the time.

35920

Technical details ;

35921

[Roger Dowding]

First overnight stop in Flagstaff on the old Route 66, where we met up with more Healey's and other travellers in a Jaguar and a Datsun [ their Healey was anon-runner ].
Henning Krebs 3000, BMC BOY recently sent a picture of this car at California Healey Week 1983, as he stayed in the USA, after I left for England in late September 1982
35262

Decisions ? which camera do I use ??, Jim Mann from Ventura - he owned the Lincoln we used
35263

The line up Healeys that Lincoln the Jaguar and the Datsun .. the Datsun had trouble keeping up in the run through Colorado [ the 55mph speed limit was advisory only to our group ]
The lead car had a Radar Detector and a CB radio, the last car had a Radar detector pointing out the rear out the rear and a CB radio - to listen to the truckies, and control the convoy.
35264

Healey trio the Lincoln and Jaguar
35265

Sprinting to his Healey Hans Nohr, and a great looking 1961-62 Chev Coupe. having set up camera's for pictures of the groups cars.

35266
Road sign seen from a Healey, at the Junction of Interstate 40 and Highway 89, which we went on to [ part of Historic Route 66 at this stage
35267

Have now found the Route Map and list of cars that went, as prepared in June 1982, a couple of the Healey's didn't go as not ready or unable to complete the journey, hence the Jaguar and Datsun, the Lincoln was the kiwi's transport, as mentioned

[Roger Dowding]

The Map, of the journey to get there, via Flagstaff and Durango, returning was different as via Williams and the Grand Canyon

35922

The South Central Coast group list
35923

In the mountains of Colorado
35924

Most of the cars at Flagstaff [ shown before ].
35925