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That Mercury is a neat bit of gear, grunt city.
It ran 2011 and 2016.
This pic from January 2011.
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That certainly is a very nice 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente, they originally came out with a 289, 260 and 6 cyl option. Ford offered them for Drag racing in A/FX class through their performance program with a 427 high riser FE big block and 4 speed with locker 9 inch diff and fiberglass all round panels. They were very fast and did serious battle with the big Mopars & Chevys in the day.
This is the smaller version built on the same floor pan as a Falcon sprint.
There also was a large 1964 Mercury Marauder which was offered stock with big block FEs (352, 390 & 427) and this shared the larger 63-64 Galaxie full chassis. Very easy to confuse both models.
BMW time - the first two from the Classic Trial.
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Long time BMW driver John 'Two Summers' Hudson. Those who regularly buy or read one of the British classic car magazines, will know that whilst John spends the NZ summers here, he spends another summer in the UK, where he has been instrumental in fettling contributor Dave Evan's BMW, to a very high standard. Sadly, Dave passed away suddenly just a week or so ago, so our condolences to John for the loss of a great mate.
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Marty Irvine having a guest drive in Barry Kirk-Burnand's E46.
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Warwick Mortimer, not Andre this time.
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Warwick deserves another pic as along with Barry, he is a great contributor to local classic motorsport.
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Not so mellow, yellows...
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Great photos Ray. You've got that bazooka sussed now.
Thanks Nigel - and thanks for the tips!
MGB time. Four cylinders. Longest BMC/ERC supporter, Nev Thompson.
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First equal series winner under my stewardship when owned by Nick Wilcox, now owned by John Palmer.
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Eight cylinders - John Fulford.
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Many drivers like to see photographs of their cars in action, not for an ego boost, (drivers? egos?) but it shows what the car is actually doing especially under cornering and braking.
Note these three V8 MGs. Grant Kern's MG BV8 sports - obviously not a factory V8. Top driver. Good car attitude.
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Dave Mallin's genuine factory MG BV8 GT, formerly raced in the earlier days of the series by Harley Norager, where it famously earned the distinction of the first series car to be black flagged and a drive through penalty for breaking the speed bar. Another top driver. Good car attitude.
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Adrian Hayman's home brewed MG BV8 GT. This car has never really looked very settled on track.
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Not in the programme... I am assuming a Swift.
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Ferrari day 1 today - nothing on track. Heavy rain. Came home. Nigel may have stuck it out longer, as he had driven a couple of hours to get there. Traffic the usual crawl from Drury northwards at 11am, with torrential rain south of the Bombays.
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Sorry for the Ferrari racers and even the Ferrari owners just hanging about, but off track it was a lake in places. Maybe the future plans for HD will include a lake?
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Yep..take the motors out of the cars and put into the Sprint Boats