Recent images from my past ~ Nigel Watts Collection Pt 2

[Spgeti]

Agree and a bunch of Spaghetti for Spgeti - love those 105 Alfa's ..

#191 Willie Oxley,
#181 Ex Arthur Vowles, John Nuttal’s car
#41 Ex Pearson, John Wilson

All nice cars

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[Roger Dowding]

" A small selection of ultra expensive cars from the 2020 Napier Art Deco Festival "

Three Beautiful Americans - Impressive, Thanks ..

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[Roger Dowding]

Owned 2 out of the Six , but a 4 not a 6 in the MG a 6 in the Triumph, can't afford the rest !
- and didn't keep the ones I had, have them in miniature though !! ..

Thanks Nigel.

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[ERC]

Time to delve back into archives Nigel, as there is nothing new for a while!

[nigel watts]

Time to delve back into archives Nigel, as there is nothing new for a while!

Yep. Unfortunately this was to be a fairly busy time for me with Legends of Speed, Beach Hop, Nostalgia Drags, Frankton Thunder etc etc. Never mind, stayin' alive is top of the bucket list now.

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[Roger Dowding]

Nigel what a selection

Dolomite, Escorts, Fiat, Alfa and Imp, plus a Mustang and others [ Capri BMW and another Fiat ] in the backgrounds.

Thanks for those. keep them coming
Have nothing new myself as haven't been anywhere for ages, and now unlikely to for some time.
Have to go through my archives as well.

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[Roger Dowding]

Nigel, love the Monchromes as I have said before any idea who is in photo " 2012-9673 " ?
The Austin Healey 100S and details on the car - Post #268 at NZFMR 2012

[ERC]

#268 That is Mike Sexton, Roger, and it is a recreation. Mike also has a mint Healey 100/4 as well. Not to mention some other rather nice cars... Lives in Takapuna. He was a client of mine for rather a long time. In fact, in later years, my major client!

[Roger Dowding]

#268 That is Mike Sexton, Roger, and it is a recreation. Mike also has a mint Healey 100/4 as well. Not to mention some other rather nice cars... Lives in Takapuna. He was a client of mine for rather a long time. In fact, in later years, my major client!

Thanks for that Ray - like to put a name to a car and with AH 100S the relevant " AHS chassis " number.
Cheers

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[Roger Dowding]

Love those Jag Coupe's Nigel - thanks for posting.

[ERC]

More from that meeting please Nigel!

[nigel watts]

More from that meeting please Nigel!

Will do - still looking for them!!

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[Roger Dowding]

Nice Nigel, see that Ron Hancock's Austin A95 Wagon is parked next to the A55 Wagon/Van Conversion.
Last saw Ron and the Wagon alongside Kevin Hirst's A95 Saloon at Caffeine and Classics in June 2020.

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[Roger Dowding]

Nigel, waiting for the Monochrome photo's to come - saw the 1958-60 Corvette on Facebook - great effect in B and W .. Cheers

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Only managed to upload 2 images as the uploader seems to have gone to sleep.

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Anyone else having trouble uploading images?

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[khyndart in CA]

Thanks Nigel,
Wonderful photos and some "Cool AZ" plates.

Ken H

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[Roger Dowding]

Wow,

What sort of Rules do they run under
- think MANZ, MSNZ, Motorsport New Zealand ( whatever it is called !! ) would have a cardiac ' [ pun intended ].

Last jalopy doesn't seem to have a radiator, but does have headlights for short night trips ??

Saw your other photo's on FB Nigel .. Thanks.

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As a formula this has a lot going for it in several respects, particularly in respect of overall value for money.

[ERC]

- think MANZ, MSNZ, Motorsport New Zealand ( whatever it is called !! ) would have a cardiac ' [ pun intended ]
Note that they are wearing foam neck braces though, so all is good safety wise...

Great shots Nigel. Cars with 'attitude'.

[nigel watts]

Thanks Ray.
Just found out today that I was successful in my application for a msnz accreditation, so it's back into the motorsport phase again.
Looking forward to the Historic GP in a couple of weeks. Should be really good with a few cars that I haven't seen before.

[ERC]

Well done Nigel. I won't be at Taupo I'm afraid, so look forward to pics of cars not seen before.

Should probably change my user name to Silver 08...

[928]

post #308
rules, what rules. do not bring the fun police on here.

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post #308
rules, what rules. do not bring the fun police on here.

Rules? Just a quick chat to all participants before it started. Very simple. Everyone understood what was required, and the day ran without a hitch.

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[928]

Rules? Just a quick chat to all participants before it started. Very simple. Everyone understood what was required, and the day ran without a hitch.
nice to see people can understand what to do. well done.

[khyndart in CA]

Nigel,
These last photos bring back memories as I remember my dad taking us to a stock car meet in the 1950s at Te Rapa and then of course we would make Hamilton's Forest Lake the big weekend event in the late 60s and 70s before racing back to Morrinsville in our assortment of Minis and Anglias etc.
For obvious reasons I will sadly not be attending the Historic Taupo meet this month so you will have to be my eyes Nigel.
I will also miss our annual Morrinsville musings together.
All the best to one and all and I look forward to the photos.

Ken H.

[Spgeti]

Thanks Ray.
Just found out today that I was successful in my application for a msnz accreditation, so it's back into the motorsport phase again.
Looking forward to the Historic GP in a couple of weeks. Should be really good with a few cars that I haven't seen before.

Great to see you have got thru the system Nigel. Tim Hill, Tony Roberts and myself battled to get it sensible....

HMC/HSC have a grid of 37 cars and we have closed off apart from members.....we are far from dead yet and have started up in the South Island with Wayne Perkins.

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[ERC]

Post #321 - #1. Brilliant shot! Cars with attitude...

Post #322 - Car #43. Donn White's Mini originally, but who was driving?

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Post #321 - #1. Brilliant shot! Cars with attitude...

Post #322 - Car #43. Donn White's Mini originally, but who was driving?

Thanks Ray.

Donn still owns & drives this Mini.

[Roger Dowding]

Thanks Ray.

Donn still owns & drives this Mini.

Yes Donn got it new in 1973 a Bathurst Clubman GT [ 1275 motor ] - special Australian Mini and sold it a few years later, he bought it back in the late 80's early 90's and fully restored it - [need to check my stuff -] have seen his car a couple of times at Car Shows - Greerton Vintage Fayre a year or two back, and Tauranga VCC show recently.
Great to see it on track.

Donn in 1973 Hamilton car Club Sprint - Richard Armstrong photo
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Donn in 2020 - well the car - at Tauranga VCC show in November. my own photo
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[Allan]

Does the Mk 3 Zephyr no 302 in post 333 have rear wheel steer? Check out the toe out on the right rear wheel.

[928]

optical illusion I reckon

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Classics Museum, Hamilton. It's been a while since my last visit so must go again soon.

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[ERC]

Great stuff as always Nigel. I have cut back the number of pics per post from 6 to usually 4, as I seem to have viewing issues on the laptop, and I know Oldfart was also having similar problems, probably due to the amount of memory. Fine on the PC.

[nigel watts]

Great stuff as always Nigel. I have cut back the number of pics per post from 6 to usually 4, as I seem to have viewing issues on the laptop, and I know Oldfart was also having similar problems, probably due to the amount of memory. Fine on the PC.

Yes, I load all my images via my desktop PC, and while I can load 6 at a time, it does take quite a long time before the site will let me upload. Sometimes I get impatient and just give up.

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[Oldfart]

Great stuff as always Nigel. I have cut back the number of pics per post from 6 to usually 4, as I seem to have viewing issues on the laptop, and I know Oldfart was also having similar problems, probably due to the amount of memory. Fine on the PC.

It was weird really, for the top part of any page I could get everything quickly, then about the last 3 or 4 posts if there were more than 5 photos it just would not open, and I do use a PC.

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[ERC]

It was weird really, for the top part of any page I could get everything quickly, then about the last 3 or 4 posts if there were more than 5 photos it just would not open, and I do use a PC.
Had the same problem last few nights on the laptop. Last four posts wouldn't load.

Love the special saloons, as they show individuality, which equals variety. Alfetta and Marina V8's are the perfect examples. They don't even have to be winners to be favourites.

[Milan Fistonic]

Nigel, why do photos of car 22 the Leda GM1 come out looking orange instead of the STP colour? I thought it must be a fault with my camera until I saw yours were the same.

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Nigel, why do photos of car 22 the Leda GM1 come out looking orange instead of the STP colour? I thought it must be a fault with my camera until I saw yours were the same.

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I don't know. I've often wondered the same thing. Perhaps a computer geek could enlighten us.

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Not sure Nigel/Milan, but 'DayGlo' cannot be mixed from rgb (red blue green) nor the three primary colours, (red, yellow and blue), nor the three computer/film colours of cyan, magenta and yellow.

'DayGlo' was I believe the original trade name and back in my screen printing days, the DayGlo inks were quite specific.

From Google:

"DayGlo fluorescent pigments, a new class of pigments based on fluorescent dyes and polymeric materials, were developed between the 1930s and 1950s by scientists at Switzer Brothers, Inc. (now Day-Glo Color Corp.). These pigments absorb various light frequencies (visible and invisible to the human eye) and reemit them, producing intense visible colours that appear to glow, even in daylight. Switzer Brothers, Inc., introduced novel processes that eliminated the limitations in light fastness and colour strength of earlier fluorescent pigments, resulting in new applications in advertising, packaging, flaw detection and safety."

Hope that helps. In a nutshell, without the appropriate pigments, you cannot reproduce DayGlo.

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[Roger Dowding]

Nigel Watts " World Champion
Join Date
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Location
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Posts
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That is a good number Nigel, 2660 - and just happens to be the Cubic Capacity in cc's of the Austin Healey 100 and 100 S.

Great photos.
Cheers
Roger

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Thanks Roger. Talking of Austin Healeys, I saw this one at the Beach Hop back in March.

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[ERC]

Decent crowds back then!

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Sure was the Year - I started work and got paid in " Pounds Shilling and Pence " , and not a lot - either.
Also started going to Pukekohe regularly for the Motor Racing.

Do you have the whole book Nigel, would be a nice one to have ??
Would like the TR4A Road Test for my archives, had a 1967, and maybe the MGB GT too !!

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Happy New Year Nigel! Look forward to more posts as usual.

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Happy New Year Nigel! Look forward to more posts as usual.

Thanks Ray. Happy New Year to you too.

Hopefully racing as we used to know will get back to normal soon.

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Apologies for loading so many pix today, but unfortinately I usually can't even open the page, let alone post anything.

[Roger Dowding]

Apologies for loading so many pix today, but unfortunately I usually can't even open the page, let alone post anything.

Keep them coming Nigel, and getting 6 photos per load too !! Well done.

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Can only load 1 image today!!

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Can only load 1 image today!!

I have several images that just won't upload at all. No idea why. I limit to 4 per post as it seems that despite the small image size, on machines with maybe limited memory, they won't display at all, further down the page.

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[Roger Dowding]

Great images Nigel, thanks.

That 1957 Chevrolet #49 looks mean, and how period alongside the Mark One Jaguar #87,

Cheers
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[Oldfart]

I'm the one who moaned to Ray when he posted too many images further down the page! Nigel, your posts 417 and 419 won't open for me, and I now have a very late model PC, so it's not my storage issue. I just want to be able to see the cool photos!

Can you explain what the effect is here , for example the Capri in post 401 looks tiny compared to the Escort behind it?

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I've been having problems with access to the page for months. Some days I've been unable to open it at all. I sent a message to Steve a couple of days ago and he's going to have a look to see what the problem is. Hopefully he can tweak it so it performs a wee bit better. Not sure about post 401. It may be an optical illusion caused by the focal length of the lens. I would have had it set on 600mm which, multiplied by a factor of 1.6 for the crop sensor, would have been equal to about 960mm. I can't think of any other reason. Perhaps the Capri has shrunk. ;)

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