the felday brm in post 439 has a lovely mechanic as well
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the felday brm in post 439 has a lovely mechanic as well
I think she may be looking for the driver of the Mini Marcos in the background...
1989 Pukekohe, January 16th I believe.
From 1997 - Taupo and Manfeild
Another mix - one from the UK for Dale and the rest from NZ;
Silverstone again
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I haven't even tried to date this one yet or even identify the driver/car! Possibly December 1984?
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Chelsea
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We need more of this sort of car running!
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Another mix as I scan random strips of film...
[QUOTE=ERC;44049]Another mix - one from the UK for Dale and the rest from NZ;
Glad you're thinking of me Ray :) but very cool as I know lots of big American cars got raced in the UK but I didn't know any Javelins did, interesting. Dale M
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http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...ace-Cars/page3
1973 Tourist Trophy round 8 of ETCC, David Howes was entered in a Javelin (DNF).
http://www.racingsportscars.com/etcc...973-09-23.html
1972 photos can be found here (DNF)
http://touringcarracing.net/Pages/p%...lverstone.html
Back to NZ, 1985. If anyone can confirm the exact dates, I'd appreciate it. Racing either March or April - Woodhill Rally April.
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Looks like Tony Roberts in the (leading) Alfa
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Paul Adams- Toyota
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Kevin Andrews, dropping the flag, (Northern Sports Car Club then) now Waitemata VCC!
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According to my old club records that is Tony's 1970 1750 GTV, rego FG8686. Number plates are great things ....
NZ GP meeting December 1984
#442 Red RX3 with yellow wing on rear, the wing was actually off my Escort, (Ralt RT1) On practice day I fizzed a motor (this was actually last time I ran the car) Car was on trailer and we were having a beer and discussing the demise of the trusty old Ford 2Ltr. When (sorry can not remember the guys name) came over and started talking about the wing and did it really do anything. I told him to 'try it tomorrow' and we unbolted it and gave it to him. He turned up on Sunday with it mounted in the boot. we just had a quick look and wandered up to the hill to watch. Well first time down the back straight about where the kink was a huge trail of smoke down to braking for hairpin. All clear over hill and then smoke trail down front straight. He backed off and went to pits. We shot over to see what was going on and he said ' the back wheels are rubbing' we had a quick look and they had moved the setting to what we would run at Bay Park (basically full on). We reset it to what we ran at Puke (layed right off for top end). Next race he still just had rub on back straight but it sort of showed it did 'work' and was not just a BBQ table for after. Obviously we also had different springs etc for different places but he was convinced it worked.
Rod, I could be wrong but I think his name was Shane Watson, he had some connection to the Frays and Chevron Sports Cars. I see in one of the other photos, post #448 a green LH Torana about to lap the rotary hoes!, is that Shane Windelburns car that Peter Meadows ploughed into in his Corvette just before the hill at the Grand Prix meeting. Ray (ERC) have you got many photos from that same meeting as that RX3/ Nissan photo, a pink MK1 Escort in the Sports Sedans? :cool:
#581 on the Historic Sports Sedan thread shows the same red RX3 (87) without Rods spoiler running with Barry Algie
I have a few more pics from that meeting but I can't recall a pink Escort - but when scanning, there is often stuff in the background that cropping shows up. Cost of film and processing being what it was, not to mention sending maintenance money back to the UK during Muldoon's pay freeze, thanks to an ex who flew off with my son, curtailed the number of photographs taken.
I also took a fair few slides over the years, but delving into that massive pile will be significantly more difficult to date accurately. Logging every single negative is bad enough as occasionally, a bit of detective work is required. Thanks to the good folk on here, some gaps have already been filled in. So far, about 7,600 negatives logged - and I am just up to the beginning of 1986! Motoring probaby accounts for between 40 & 50% of all pics taken on film, but with the advent of digital photography, the actual number of pics has sky-rocketed, but filing them digitally is a relative breeze.
Same car John, I think that`ll be the Grand Prix meeting which Rod and I would have run our Escorts in the Sports Sedans `Hansells Sun Valley?' The red Camaro in that photo may be Chris Toms from West Auckland, I think Mac Workman may have had something to do with that Camaro at the same time running his Commodore Sports Sedan.
I think the LH Torana in this picture could be the car that John Turner raced around this time It was black,
whereas the Windelburn car was a dark gunmetal grey You are correct that the Windelburn Torana suffered
some severe damage as a result of the lack of talent that Peter Meadows displayed at that Grand Prix meeting !
It was also attacked on the startline, at a Pukekohe club circuit meeting, by some of those rotary hoes Rod
Grimwood, of whom many people on here will have now heard of, rectified that situation by administering some
'bush justice' in the pits afterwards, which certainly raised an eyebrow or two
So then all the Old stories are correct, there is an all knowing and all seeing presence that gives out a terrible vengence when aroused
That Camaro was built by Lindsay Willis and for Chris Toms and I think Mack Workman was going to take it over but it did not happen and it went to Barry Search from Wellington who had been running a fairly quick Cortina Mk4 V8.
Bailey, shush. That's how rumours start. You got John going already.
Looks like early 1986 but would appreciate a confirmed date;
Once again, I don't seem to have a race programme for this event so the date is important. Maybe Graeme can help as it shows the Bucklers?
Looks like decent crowd too.
This was in Herald with a bit of a write up on car clubs. It was a Auckland Car Club meeting.
note the Escort was in club disguise with no wing, just boot tub.
Hi Rod, was wracking my brain about this when I saw pics of the little red Mazda a couple of days ago. I'm confident that the name you are looking for is Scott Watson. Pretty sure he worked for the Frays. Only reason I can remember is because my now Father in Law ran the Pitstop exhaust shop next door to Chevron Engineering in Onehunga all those years ago at that time. Remember watching that little RX3 run in the Sports Sedans - it was pretty damn quick too.
Yep, his name was Scott. I remember something happening to his tow-car or trailer on the motorway so he rolled the RX3 off the back and drove it to Puke - nowhere near road-legal or low-profile! He was a good pedaller as i recall.
Thanks guy's, yea that him worked in Onehunga at Frays, remember calling to see him now. He was a good driver and the RX was pretty quick.
You wonder what these good guys went on to sometimes, be good to know and get in touch with them, there was a good group of guys back then playing amongst the serious. The mid field was a tight bunch on and off the track.
I haven't even tried to date this one yet or even identify the driver/car! Possibly December 1984?
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Looks like Riley Hopkins in Grant Campbell's car. Not sure what year though
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Thanks Ray, I don't have any pics of the old girl on the track, and only a couple from Targa Bambina 2001, which turned out to the the cars' last event ( not because we crashed either!! We finished well and didn't put a mark on the car ).
That is Paul driving ( at Manfield? ), and how the car looked when I bought it from him. I wasn't a fan of all the stickers, and cleaned it up a little, and this is how it looked the whole time I ran the car.
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5fe68280.jpg
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This is a very useful website and the most amazing range of venues and events covered.
If anyone can add to the site, it would be appreciated.
http://www.progcovers.com/motor/pukekohe.html
As you can see, there are obvious gaps needing to be filled.
Nissan 500 Meeting - February 1985.
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One or two well known people here... (Well known as flaggies anyway - and at least one VCC driver, maybe 2?)
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Four of my favourite cars purchased in the UK.
Second car. First Mini saloon, preceded by a Minivan... Well modified 850cc car which went surprisingly well. Owned it before marriage - and again after we split!
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Followed by a genuine 998cc mini Cooper - mildly modified. Pic taken at my first ever event - an NSCC organised sprint at Cadwell Park.
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The one that got away. A full rally spec 1293cc or 1320cc Cooper S. More fun to drive than any other car I ever owned, but sadly, it had to go back as I couldn't sell the 998cc (sporting a steel Clubman front following an argument with the concrete wall at Woodcote when I hit a puddle...).
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The car I brought to NZ in 1983. I believe it is still around (but off the road, Snells beach area?). I'd like it back, as this was the car in which I had my first ever race - at Pukekohe. I didn't finish last either! A most underrated car and a real surprise with superb torque and a genuine 100mph top speed. Had it for a total of 6 years and apart from a 50c circlip, never let us down.
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All Agro?
Nah! Ex wife had a 1988 1300cc Allegro from new. Very economical, nicely balanced to drive and we never had any problems whatever.
The Equipe was the next Allegro and as stated above, was also reliable, but a little front end heavy and not as well balanced as the 1300.
I also bought a well used 1300cc here as a stop gap, but strangely, I have no pics of it.
There was someone who ran a nicely modified red 1300 at an MGCC Hillclimb way back in 1988 or so. Only ever saw it once.
Maybe I should buy another 1300cc and pop in the well modifed, low mileage 1293cc engine I have sitting in a corner of the garage!
Allegros may be the standing joke of a poor car (yes, heard all about body twisting!) but I have a soft spot for them.
Back to the early 1980's - another day flagging... Again, the actual date would be useful. I'm guessing at 1984, about early May
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Based purely on the vantage point, maybe this was at a later meeting, but is on the same film?
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Soggy Sunday - 'Outsource Christmas at the Downs':
John spun out of first place when the wet tyres went off.
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Brian's new livery by 'Sign Solutions' looked very smart
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John Ure found the Jag a bit of a handful. This spin popped the bonnet catch which caused an early retirement when it let go altogether.
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John Fulford's debut drive in the MGB V8. The lime green paintwork makes it the third car of that colour to join the series. Eddie York's lime green Jaguar XJ40 came along also for its debut run, but as it has yet to do a single lap and the rain was heavy first thing, he was just one of many who decided not to risk it today. (Including me!)
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Rod Hemmings' well campaigned TVR
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Wow! Great pic Nigel. According to commentator JT, John was finding the Escort a real handful up the front straight. Several drivers reported scarier moments on the straights than the corners during practice.
I was just chatting to someone when John lost it, so I missed the start of it. Isn't that often the case? Walk away or turn your back for a few seconds and you miss the action.
My dates for this pic don't really marry up properly with what I thought. Obviously Pukekohe but whereas I originally thought it was 1989, I think it must be earlier, based on other stuff on the same film strip. Once again, flagging, so no programme... I don't have a programme with the Alfetta running #9 and the signage shows it was during the Hansell's series.
If anyone has the correct date, as always, I'd appreciate it.