Photos: The Allan Porter Collection - Part 3

[Steve Holmes]

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Time now for another installment from the Allan Porter Collection of early New Zealand drag racing photos.

We've already seen the evolution of both the early drag strips, from gravel surface, through closed off roads, circuit racing tracks, and airbase runways, through the opening couple of years at Meremere, New Zealands first purpose built drag racing facility.

Now we continue our way through the 1970s, as race cars themselves evolve. While the top-end cars are becoming more like those racing in the US, there is still a very strong club level to the sport, with hobby racers driving their cars to the track, or racing cars that are essentially modified road cars.

For those of you who were in this scene during this time, keep a look out. You just might spot yourself in the crowd.

[Steve Holmes]

Kicking things off, these were the types of cars typically driven by young Kiwis wanting to go fast in the '70s; Falcon hardtop, Capri, Torana, etc.

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[Steve Holmes]

Sorry, no details on this one. Maybe someone here can help? Check out the competition in the other lane!

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[Steve Holmes]

This cool 1964 Ford Fairlane was a New Zealand Hot Rod Magazine project car of the time. Awesome Keystone mags on the back. Where is it now?

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[Steve Holmes]

Apparently the cows didn't mind the noise.

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[Steve Holmes]

Dave Green's '56 Chevy. Is this the same Dave Green who these days races a wild Corvette Top Doorslammer?

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[Steve Holmes]

These shoebox Fords were a common sight in NZ, as they were available new. They also made pretty cool custom and drag cars. I don't know if this was a factory 2 door or if someone converted it.

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[Steve Holmes]

Rosies Roost. Paul Rose has been involved in NZ dag racing all his life. He was my boss for a short time at Appco Autoparts in Lower Hutt for a short time back about 2002. He used to spend half his day swearing and cursing at the computer system. He hated it!

Check out the cool cars in the background.

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[Steve Holmes]

Rosie again, from another angle.

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[Steve Holmes]

Shadwick brothers V8 Jeep.

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[Steve Holmes]

Alan Edwards Corvette.

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[Steve Holmes]

Dave Loose and his '57 Chevy 2 door hardtop. I featured Dave in one of my books, and visited him at his house in Auckland where he had a cool car collection and some neat automobilia. He told me the story about this Chevy, and how he bought it in the US in the late '60s/early '70s for about $200. He was living there at the time and these old cars weren't worth anything.

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[Steve Holmes]

Clever overlay image from Allan of the Peter Lodge Topolino.

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[Steve Holmes]

Graham Christison's Ford Pop.

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[Steve Holmes]

Dave Chung's T Bucket.

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[Steve Holmes]

Bill Ward in T Roadster. He was trialling the small block Chevy that would be fitted to his Bonneville racer.

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[Steve Holmes]

Butch Reid and his Ford Pop. Note driver seating position.

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[Steve Holmes]

Another Ford Pop. Guy Lim.

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[Steve Holmes]

Lou Wymer and the Donovan powered Clarkson/Wymer dragster.

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[Steve Holmes]

Battle of the 6-banger T Buckets. Warren Anderson versus Fred Harrop.

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[NZnoboss]

Great pictures Steve. Keep them coming.
Cheers,
Bob.

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks Bob, glad you're enjoying them.

[Steve Holmes]

This is the beautiful Mustang Funnycar of Aussie racer John Lumb.

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[Steve Holmes]

Check the size of that crowd! People sure were motley in the '70s.

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[Steve Holmes]

Nick Liefting's Altered.

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[Steve Holmes]

Allan Lim's mad-as-hell Escort. Must have been a handful.

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[Greg Stokes]

Sorry, no details on this one. Maybe someone here can help? Check out the competition in the other lane!

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Keith Sattler from Morrinsville

[duncan fox]

These shoebox Fords were a common sight in NZ, as they were available new. They also made pretty cool custom and drag cars. I don't know if this was a factory 2 door or if someone converted it.

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This was Paul Chapmans spinner I believe
318 mopar and torqueflight, tilt front. Was an original 2 dr we towed it out of Auckland city back to Howick one night on a chain behind a 6 wheeler tip truck, we often used to joke about the "stretched doors"

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks Duncan, thats fantastic!

[Steve Holmes]

Ken Lovegrove and his 6-banger rail.

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[Steve Holmes]

This is wild. Murray Butler's injected big block MkI Cortina two door.

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[Steve Holmes]

Nick Liefting versus Cub Roberts.

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[Steve Holmes]

Roger Murray versus Errol McLachlan.

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[Steve Holmes]

This would have been a pretty old car by the time this photo was taken.

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[Steve Holmes]

Ivan Jujnovich and his Chevy Nova. Being a muscle car guy, I find it fascinating seeing some of the cars that found their way to NZ back then. Two door Chevy Novas are rare as hens teeth even now. Does this car still exist?

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[Steve Holmes]

I just love this thing. Aussie visitor Warren Goodall and his mad blown Hemi powered Austin pick-up. Must have been a real handful with that short wheelbase. Thats his wife in picture.

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[Steve Holmes]

I assume this is Warren Goodall himself.

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[Kiwiboss]

Check the size of that crowd! People sure were motley in the '70s.

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If late 70's I would have been in that crowd, is that a 69/70 Shelby parked up the hill.......great photos.

Dale M

[Spgeti]

So was I on the hill. Do you remember the toilets over the hill ???

[NZnoboss]

I think it's a '71 Mach Dale. The rear roof line looks too flat to be a '69-'70.
Cheers,
Bob

[khyndart in CA]

[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;57960]Check the size of that crowd! People sure were motley in the '70s.



Careful Steve, some of that "Motley Crew" could be some of your most avid supporters here on TRS ! :)

[Steve Holmes]

Actually I was pretty motley myself in the '70s Ken, even though I was only a kid.

[duncan fox]

Bob Carlyle put the Alan Edwards Corvette engine in a vanguard based special we Howickites called the 'tin car" Famous for scarey rides and spare gearboxes strapped to it for Friday nite in town (Queen Street)

[Steve Holmes]

OK, this guy, riding a V8 powered motorcycle, was mysteriously known as 'Mr X'. Must have been a hell of a ride.

Apparently he called himself Mr X because he didn't want him Mum to find out he was drag racing.

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[Steve Holmes]

Bruce Grant versus Bruce Dow.

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[Spgeti]

OK, this guy, riding a V8 powered motorcycle, was mysteriously known as 'Mr X'. Must have been a hell of a ride.

Apparently he called himself Mr X because he didn't want him Mum to find out he was drag racing.

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That's correct Steve. He was a Whangarei lad in those days.

[Steve Holmes]

That's correct Steve. He was a Whangarei lad in those days.

Thanks Bruce, great info.

[Jac Mac]

Thats a Ford FE in the bike, could be anything from 332 cu in upwards, wouldnt want it lying on top of you after a prang, or have to lift it back up! probably scratch built 2x4bbl tunnel ram and dizzy driven off front of cam.

[Steve Holmes]

Well spotted Jac.

[Steve Holmes]

Cub Roberts.

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[Steve Holmes]

Yep, tractor drags!

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[Steve Holmes]

Peter Lodge versus Cub Roberts. This is a cool shot.

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[Steve Holmes]

Dick Woos' T Bucket.

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[Steve Holmes]

Mike Gearing's rail dragster. Mike is wearing the sunglasses.

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[Steve Holmes]

Cub Roberts lighting the rear bags.

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[Steve Holmes]

Garth Hogan's wicked new Capri funnycar. Check out the custom Transit push-car. Where did all the '70s custom vans go?

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[Steve Holmes]

This is Aussie visitor Dave Gale lighting up the bags in his 289ci small block Model A.

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[Steve Holmes]

and again.....

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[Steve Holmes]

You'll all be familiar with Bob Clarkson. Thats him standing on the sideline, as Lou Wymer blasts away. I assume this is the same Lou Wymer who circuit races a 1970 Mustang fastback these days?

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[Steve Holmes]

Cub Roberts.

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[Gimmeabeer]

I believe this car is still around in road going form.

[Steve Holmes]

I believe this car is still around in road going form.

Thanks for that info. Is it the Cub Roberts T Bucket you're referring to?

[Steve Holmes]

Neat photo. Ralph Wright.

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[Steve Holmes]

Nick Liefting.

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[Steve Holmes]

This shot shows photographer Allan's shadow on the track perched halfway up a pole to catch these cool overhead shots. Does this count as a selfie?

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[Steve Holmes]

Garth Hogan.

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[Steve Holmes]

Ron Collett.

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[Steve Holmes]

And again in colour.

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[Steve Holmes]

Aussie visitor Jim Walton. This thing is wicked.

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[Steve Holmes]

Outstanding shot here taken by Allan Porter from the passenger seat of Alan Edward's 454ci C2 Corvette during a run down the strip.

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[Steve Holmes]

And again.

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[Steve Holmes]

This is the Edwards Corvette from the outside. Neat shot. Check the starters Coke pants.

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[Steve Holmes]

Erroll McLachlan's T Bucket.

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[Steve Holmes]

Roger Murray can only laugh as his car is pushed back off the track having broken a driveshaft.

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[John McKechnie]

Check the starters Coke pants.-
Same outfit that the finish line flag guy at Western Springs Speedway wore at about the same time?

[Steve Holmes]

It must have been possible to buy those pants I think John. I remember seeing a photo of Alan Boyle's Coke Viva team and they were all wearing them.

[Kiwiboss]

Great crowd, looks like a Rock Concert. It goes to show the days of big crowds at motorsport events is long gone. Dale M

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[John McKechnie]

Maybe, but would they ever have got the same size crowd to endure the rice burners...........?

[Steve Holmes]

Mercer Tavern.

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[Steve Holmes]

Promo shot of Kevin Dolores.

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[Steve Holmes]

Allan Lim's wildly chopped Escort.

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[Steve Holmes]

Ralph Wright warming the bags.

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[Steve Holmes]

Another brand new drag strip complex. This is Thunder Park, in the Hawkes Bay, which had only just opened when Allan snapped the following images.

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[Steve Holmes]

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[Steve Holmes]

And this was from the opening day at Thunder Park.

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[Steve Holmes]

More from Thunder Park, with the two Chevy Nova's of Ivan Jujnovich and Gary Taylor about to do battle.

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[Steve Holmes]

Butch Reid performing a spectacular wheels-up run.

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[Steve Holmes]

Mike Gearing. Awesome paint scheme.

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[Steve Holmes]

Dave Chung.

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[Steve Holmes]

Roadside repairs. Check out the cool tow wagon.

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[Steve Holmes]

Neat shot here form the control tower.

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[Steve Holmes]

Alan Edwards' Corvette, moments after blast-off.

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[Steve Holmes]

Colin Stuart, doing a little pre-race engine prep...........from the cockpit! Check out the cool Fairlane push-car.

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[Steve Holmes]

I love this Mustang, owned by Brett Wilson. Where is it now?

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[Steve Holmes]

Alan Edwards again. Looks like rear end repairs taking place.

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[Steve Holmes]

Graham Bicknall and neat Ford Pop.

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[Steve Holmes]

Curly West and 32 Ford 5 window coupe. I'm trying to work out the modifications done to get the car to look this way. I assume the body has been channeled so the chassis sits up inside it rather than underneath it.

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[Steve Holmes]

Fred Harrop. This thing must have sounded incredible!

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[Steve Holmes]

I love this shot. Circuit racing sidecar team gets set to blast down the quarter mile. Would it not have been faster without the swinger?

I wonder what time they ran?

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[Steve Holmes]

Many of you will know the name Steve Hildred. Steve has raced a beautiful red HT Monaro in circuit racing for the past twenty or so years. He was also the main driving force behind the Central Muscle Cars series and the main guy to beat for years before all the really big spenders started arriving.

Long before he built the Monaro, Steve ran this wild Chevy V8 powered Viva station wagon on the quarter mile. I wonder what happened to this car? I have a very vague recollection of it being shown on tv news crashing with a later owner. Or maybe I just imagined that?

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[Steve Holmes]

Neat shot of Graeme Berry and Pete Lodge.

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[Steve Holmes]

Roger Murray getting some serious rear hook-up.

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[Steve Holmes]

A continuation of the above photo.

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[Steve Holmes]

And one more.

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[Steve Holmes]

Pete Lodge in the Amco Jeans Altered getting a wheel off the ground.

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[Steve Holmes]

More madness.

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[Steve Holmes]

Mike Gearing.

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[Steve Holmes]

Mucking in. This is the Kevin Delores Altered, having the transmission removed. Thast Kevin in the checkered shirt.

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[PDJ]

I love this Mustang, owned by Brett Wilson. Where is it now?

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I read on the net somewhere that the 428 in this car came from a wrecked Shelby GT500.
Crashed in East Tamaki ? Maybe the rollbar came from the same car.

[Steve Holmes]

John Agnew and 6-banger Altered.

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[Steve Holmes]

Murray Butler's mad blown MkI Cortina.

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[Steve Holmes]

Fun with trucks.

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[Steve Holmes]

I read on the net somewhere that the 428 in this car came from a wrecked Shelby GT500.
Crashed in East Tamaki ? Maybe the rollbar came from the same car.

Thanks Paul, great info. This car here apparently started life as a Shelby that was written off. Maybe the motor ended up in the drag car, with the rest ending its days on the speedway?

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[Steve Holmes]

Graham Roberts and Hooker 3.

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[Steve Holmes]

Neat view down the track.

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[duncan fox]

Thanks Paul, great info. This car here apparently started life as a Shelby that was written off. Maybe the motor ended up in the drag car, with the rest ending its days on the speedway?

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This was crashed at the S bend bridge in Chapel Rd by the little church. That corner was the scene of several bad accidents in the early 70's that took at least half a dozen lives, one alone took 4 (some I knew). The Shelby sat in Kaspa Motors wrecking yard in Otahuhu for some time until the remains were used for the speedway car .

[John McKechnie]

Yep, thats a fact....remember seeing it there, as I was working in Otahuhu early 70s to early 80s, and the story,
What ever happened to Mustang of Trevor Morris after its accident in Onehunga?

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks guys, really interesting story on the Mustang. Was it a GT350 or GT500?

[Bruce302]

Yep, thats a fact....remember seeing it there, as I was working in Otahuhu early 70s to early 80s, and the story,
What ever happened to Mustang of Trevor Morris after its accident in Onehunga?

The front seats ended up in my Firebird, so at least Bob Cox must have known where it was.
Bruce.

[John McKechnie]

interesting

[Rod Grimwood]

Trevor had just bought the Mustang from Warren Priest, I think (not posistive) some of the mechanicals went into a van that was built as a service vehicle by Warren and team.

[duncan fox]

Thanks guys, really interesting story on the Mustang. Was it a GT350 or GT500?

GT 500

[Kiwiboss]

GT 500

Yes correct Duncan GT500..........heard many stories about Chapel road and this Shelby and once stopped to look at this bad corner and wonder about this accident and how bad it must have been back then, tho its not a country road anymore. The story I got told was this accident was new years eve 1970? some may know otherwise but off-course this made this Shelby a near NEW and not so cheap vehicle in its day. I believe Brett Wilson got the wreck under tender, the 428 motor and trans ended up in his T-Bucket and Trevor Gary here in Tauranga bought the wrecked body shell and built it as a dirt track saloon car fitting the ex-Urquhart 427 Cammer engine which is now in the Hogg front engine dragster...although only 11 or 12 at the time I remember it getting built in Bruce Kenney's 15th ave workshop, big deal in its day........all interesting stuff. Dale M

[duncan fox]

Yes correct Duncan GT500..........heard many stories about Chapel road and this Shelby and once stopped to look at this bad corner and wonder about this accident and how bad it must have been back then, tho its not a country road anymore. The story I got told was this accident was new years eve 1970? some may know otherwise but off-course this made this Shelby a near NEW and not so cheap vehicle in its day. I believe Brett Wilson got the wreck under tender, the 428 motor and trans ended up in his T-Bucket and Trevor Gary here in Tauranga bought the wrecked body shell and built it as a dirt track saloon car fitting the ex-Urquhart 427 Cammer engine which is now in the Hogg front engine dragster...although only 11 or 12 at the time I remember it getting built in Bruce Kenney's 15th ave workshop, big deal in its day........all interesting stuff. Dale M

Dale the New years Eve accident was the Mopar crash where four of our friends were killed . Their car, which was wound out missed the bend and launched itself off the road to hit the stream bank some couple of hundred feet away. The Mustang was a little later, the details elude me at present but it was a near identical accident

[duncan fox]

The dangers of working from memory.........

Dale you are right in thinking NYE but 1970 is too early, we think it was 73 or 4 .It was a big deal in the day made the papers. The Shelby (which was a KR500) was chased all round east Auckland before the crash. It was NOT the car in Kaspas yard. That was a Mach 1 that belonged to another Howickite. The crash that involved the 4 fatalities was a Dodge Coronet in early Jan 78. That's why I thought it was New Years Eve. Sorry to have put you wrong but it niggled me enough to do some checking in order to put the record straight.

[John McKechnie]

Duncan- I remember seeing a 69-71 shell with frontal damage- think it was yellow- sitting in a yard where Kaka St, Otahuhu goes down to Pacific Scrap. Was working at Davie Motors, could have been 1981.
How does this sound?

[PDJ]

The dangers of working from memory.........

Dale you are right in thinking NYE but 1970 is too early, we think it was 73 or 4 .It was a big deal in the day made the papers. The Shelby (which was a KR500) was chased all round east Auckland before the crash. It was NOT the car in Kaspas yard. That was a Mach 1 that belonged to another Howickite. The crash that involved the 4 fatalities was a Dodge Coronet in early Jan 78. That's why I thought it was New Years Eve. Sorry to have put you wrong but it niggled me enough to do some checking in order to put the record straight.
Remember seeing the 69 MACH 1 in Kaspa's yard in the 80's Blue with left rear damage.

[Rod Grimwood]

John it was a Yellow (light yellow) one that Trevor crashed, ex Warren Priest. Think most of running gear that was left went into another project.

[John McKechnie]

OK, makes sense as I only saw it while driving past, never saw it close up, but from the accident pics the car was in to halves.
Passenger was very lucky just to have a sore back from this.

[Kiwiboss]

The dangers of working from memory.........

Dale you are right in thinking NYE but 1970 is too early, we think it was 73 or 4 .It was a big deal in the day made the papers. The Shelby (which was a KR500) was chased all round east Auckland before the crash. It was NOT the car in Kaspas yard. That was a Mach 1 that belonged to another Howickite. The crash that involved the 4 fatalities was a Dodge Coronet in early Jan 78. That's why I thought it was New Years Eve. Sorry to have put you wrong but it niggled me enough to do some checking in order to put the record straight.

Trevor Grays wife was part Maori and deeply superstitious and wouldn't let him race the Mustang(Shelby GT500KR) at any dirt track Saloon meetings over the New Years period, so the story goes.............because two persons were killed in the crash of this car New Years eve...which I know was Chapel road.......70 maybe too early, memories not like it was when I was kid and soaked it all in, LOL but it seems this Shelby would have been a very near new striking car in its day....other must know. I also heard some of its parts like tail lights etc came up at a garage sale around Howick way some years back. Sure would luv to know the VIN number. Dale M

[duncan fox]

Trevor Grays wife was part Maori and deeply superstitious and wouldn't let him race the Mustang(Shelby GT500KR) at any dirt track Saloon meetings over the New Years period, so the story goes.............because two persons were killed in the crash of this car New Years eve...which I know was Chapel road.......70 maybe too early, memories not like it was when I was kid and soaked it all in, LOL but it seems this Shelby would have been a very near new striking car in its day....other must know. I also heard some of its parts like tail lights etc came up at a garage sale around Howick way some years back. Sure would luv to know the VIN number. Dale M

Bob Carlyle owned the wreck for a while He probably got it from Wilson, I shall ask him.

[duncan fox]

Remember seeing the 69 MACH 1 in Kaspa's yard in the 80's Blue with left rear damage.

Yes that was it , Les Pickett crashed it into a lamppost.

[duncan fox]

Duncan- I remember seeing a 69-71 shell with frontal damage- think it was yellow- sitting in a yard where Kaka St, Otahuhu goes down to Pacific Scrap. Was working at Davie Motors, could have been 1981.
How does this sound?
Yes that was Kaspas yard just after the bridge on the right. Although Bob Carlyle doesn't reckon it was there I still seem to recall it was.

[John McKechnie]

Yes, Duncan , your memory is still sharp.
Before the bridge on the left was Kaka Auto spare- Bryan Moselems business, Ray Chatfield used to work for him there in 1973.Think Charlie Wallace also had it.
Over the bridge and as the road bends to the right it was just there..
Will get Bob on the right track next time I see him, have some driveshafts for him
Also pick his brains on the Mustang- hes had a few cars mentioned on TRS.
Bryan Moselem- had a 383 Super Bee- yellow- took John Scott for a run in it one night.
John was living next to the motorway top of Panama Rd.
They took off down Panama Rd, and where the road forks, car was going so fast it didnt turn , just went straight ahead over the kerb onto the grass, going round and round.
When the car stopped, John said, "I will walk home from here."
Few more stories of this legend still waiting to be told including the house demolition party, the night before the house got demolished,

[Steve Holmes]

Amazing recollections guys, keep them coming.

Both the Dodge Coronet and '69 Mach 1 would have been rare cars in NZ during the '70s. Here are examples of each from earlier chapters from the Allan Porter Collection. Might be completely different cars to those mentioned above but just thought I'd post them anyway.

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[John McKechnie]

Pink tyre Mustang- saw that at Ardmore as a teenager along with Drag-On Lady Gail Praast.
Graeme Addis has a few tales of him and this car.

[PDJ]

Amazing recollections guys, keep them coming.

Both the Dodge Coronet and '69 Mach 1 would have been rare cars in NZ during the '70s. Here are examples of each from earlier chapters from the Allan Porter Collection. Might be completely different cars to those mentioned above but just thought I'd post them anyway.

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Seen the picture of the Mustang a few times , looks like a 69 Shelby from the A pillar back even the wheels and stripes.
But 69 Mustang front ???????

[Steve Holmes]

Seen the picture of the Mustang a few times , looks like a 69 Shelby from the A pillar back even the wheels and stripes.
But 69 Mustang front ???????

Thats really good spotting! I noticed the scoops on the rear quarters but didn't manage to put the rest together.

So its likely this is the same car. I guess they must have hit something in the front, requiring a change of nose?

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[Jac Mac]

Peter Woods also bought a Shelby like this as an insurance write off that had a bit of a front end prang- nothing major, but the Shelby factor was too hard for the insurance company to overcome at the time. Probably helped Woody to get into the USA import scene procuring parts for it. His was blue, silver stripes, think it went north again after a few owners down south.

[Steve Holmes]

OK, my books are all but done, so time for some updates. Kevin Dolores.

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[Steve Holmes]

Ken McCown's Torana.

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[Steve Holmes]

Ward brothers Pop.

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[Steve Holmes]

Ray Peterson.

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[Steve Holmes]

Phil Hirst's rail, I assume Mazda rotary powered?

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[Steve Holmes]

Graham Roberts and Hooker III.

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[Steve Holmes]

Kevin Delores, set for a run. Engine builder Jim Oppelt is wearing the tank top.

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[Steve Holmes]

Mike Gearing's 'Insanity'. Maurice Horn leans on the rollcage hoop.

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[Steve Holmes]

Alan Edwards and crew.

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[Steve Holmes]

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[Steve Holmes]

Front suspension failure on Colin Stuart's altered.

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[Steve Holmes]

Before.....

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..... and after. Was it rebuilt?

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[PDJ]

Colin Stuart or Dave Macdougall ?

[PDJ]

Before.....

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..... and after. Was it rebuilt?

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Keolin Pitiroy ? He was on Waka Huia one Sunday morning a couple of months ago talking about this car.
Maybe it became the Junovich car ?

[John McKechnie]

Evan Watson sold his 56 Chev 2 door - used to tow his saloon car- to Ivan Junovich about 73/74

[PDJ]

Thanks John , as a kid I remember seeing the 56 and the F100 outside the Railside Ave panelshop in the 70's.

[Steve Holmes]

Keolin Pitiroy ? He was on Waka Huia one Sunday morning a couple of months ago talking about this car.
Maybe it became the Junovich car ?

I know that the Ivan Jujnovich '56 coupe survives. This car was featured in the Weetbix card collection in the late 1970s/early 80s when it had a different owner. It was painted gold and brown from memory, and had spoked wheels. Its still in that same guise now, and has been owned by Nick Boblea for many years.

But PDJ is right, the car pictured above was owned by Kolin Pitiroi, and is a different car to the Jujnovich car.

[duncan fox]

Steve,
Keolin's car the "Pampas City Belair" does survive , it took a long time to be repaired, IIRC Dave Loose became involved in the repair at a later stage.

[Steve Holmes]

Steve,
Keolin's car the "Pampas City Belair" does survive , it took a long time to be repaired, IIRC Dave Loose became involved in the repair at a later stage.

Thanks Duncan, you are a wealth of knowledge! Great to know the car has survived.

[Steve Holmes]

Couple of pics of the Ivan Jujnovich '56 Chevy, as it looked in the late 1970s, and as it looks today. Its actually a bit of a time warp car in that one of the owners right after Jujnovich rebuilt it into the same guise that remains today. Its remained this way for well over 35 years. This was how it appeared in the Weetbix hot rod cards collection.

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Time now for another installment from the Allan Porter Collection of early New Zealand drag racing photos.

We've already seen the evolution of both the early drag strips, from gravel surface, through closed off roads, circuit racing tracks, and airbase runways, through the opening couple of years at Meremere, New Zealands first purpose built drag racing facility.

Now we continue our way through the 1970s, as race cars themselves evolve. While the top-end cars are becoming more like those racing in the US, there is still a very strong club level to the sport, with hobby racers driving their cars to the track, or racing cars that are essentially modified road cars.

For those of you who were in this scene during this time, keep a look out. You just might spot yourself in the crowd.

The Alan Edwards Corvette this photo was taken in 2010. A very nice car44537

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Pete Lodge in the Amco Jeans Altered getting a wheel off the ground.

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[Steve Holmes]

The Alan Edwards Corvette this photo was taken in 2010. A very nice car44537

Wow. Looks great now, but I prefer the way it looked in the '70s.

[Steve Holmes]

I will call time on this thread and begin a new thread for the next batch of photos.