Northern Sports Car Club - the early years.

TRS people - the Event is on next Saturday.

Just to repeat the details ;

" The event is definitely on at the Clubrooms, Mt Richmond Domain, next Saturday 20th August - starting at 1;30pm with a speech or two around 2;00pm and then afternoon tea..
You need to register - Email to Rod Peat .. " rod.t.peat50@gmail.com ".

The non- refundable $20.00 deposit needs to go to this Bank Account.
" NSCC Account 01-0221-0010851-00 - with reference - your name ".

When payment is made you need to advise Jill Greenland at
" jarland@xtra.co.nz ". "

To those who are going, look forward to seeing you there ..

Copy of an old Club Brochure cover - from Milan Fistonic archives

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Further to the photo of Bruce with the Ford special, how about this one?

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Originally Posted by Oldfart

Further to the photo of Bruce with the Ford special, how about this one?

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" Rhys " - thank you for that - not seen that one before
Cheers
Roger

Ford is it a " Y " series in the background ??

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Roger Dowding

TRS people - the Event is on next Saturday.

Just to repeat the details ;

" The event is definitely on at the Clubrooms, Mt Richmond Domain, next Saturday 20th August - starting at 1;30pm with a speech or two around 2;00pm and then afternoon tea..
You need to register - Email to Rod Peat .. " rod.t.peat50@gmail.com ".

The non- refundable $20.00 deposit needs to go to this Bank Account.
" NSCC Account 01-0221-0010851-00 - with reference - your name ".

When payment is made you need to advise Jill Greenland at
" jarland@xtra.co.nz ". "

To those who are going, look forward to seeing you there ..

Copy of an old Club Brochure cover - from Milan Fistonic archives

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Have just found out that the Deposit of $20.00 is the full cost, for the function. That includes the afternoon tea.

Only extra is if you want a drink from - the " Cash Bar " !!.

The event has been and gone. In this building.

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There was a great turnout, and I personally caught up with people I hadn't seen for up to 40 years.

A general view of the event, during the speeches.

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Geoff Ridder [ Photography ] took over 80 photos which have been posted on the Reunion Facebook page and also on the " NZ Rallying History " Fb page.

As noted on the " Ralph Watson In Memoriam " thread, Trevor Sheffield was there, as was I but we failed to see each other to have a chat.

There were Club Members from 1950's through the 1960's and into the 1980's and 1990's.
Quite a few former Presidents were there, as was the current President Vickie Burnitt.

Here they are at the moment of the presentation of a Painting by the McLaren Trust -presented by Jan McLaren on behalf of the Trust.
Left to right, Bob Mitchell, Rod Peat, Morrie Chandler, Jan McLaren, Vicki Burnitt, Bob Kidd and the gentleman on the right I do not know [ make that remember ]

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My old neighbours from the 1950's were there Colleen and Allan Woolf ;

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Rob Williams was there as was his Ford V8 Coupe that has featured in this thread a few times. Rob on the left.

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Don Tilsley former racer of the " Singford " cars seen here with Rod Peat and others.

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[ Note; I incorrectly typed Geoff Riddick on the photos but it is Geoff Ridder as seen on the images ]

A couple of my own photos.

Don Tilsley standing with Rob Williams looking at Don's Album - a real Gem of NSCC History - Don's racing exploits in the 1950's.

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Robs Ford Coupe and Rod Peats Cortina GT wagon.

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Club Torque - 1975 - a double page of photos by Dennis Green mostly.

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That Sprite is there again.. with others ..

A few more photos of people and the cake ; Geoff Ridder photography.

Names I know and some I don't.

They gave you a swinger Ticket with your name and the Clubs Logo.
Should keep it - for next year as I understand that Bob Mitchell, former President and some others are looking at holding the " 80th Anniversary of Northern Sports Car Club " - which will be July next year [ 2023 ]Officially


The Cake and a couple of Cars;
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The Cake;
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People; Colleen and Allan Woolf with Jan McLaren
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Mark Donaldson admiring the Trophies
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Morrie Chandler - President at the time of the building of the Clubrooms and a prime mover of the idea to have the Club's own premises.
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More photos to come.

More images -mainly Geoff Ridder photography.

The Swinger you got; and my Album that was among several taken to the event.

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The Painting that was presented to the Club by the McLaren Trust - for " Services Rendered " in connection with the saving of a McLaren Can-Am car.

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The Rally Skoda that was rescued and restored by Colin Waite [ RIP Colin ] and arranged to be at the event by son Gary Waite.
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Woolfie and Robbo
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Woolfie looking at cars - His Triumph Vitesse was there too - was recently restored.
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Roger. As you've told us that at one time you lived in Green Bay, you might be interested in this NSCC Gymkhana held there in January 1967.

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" Green Bay, you might be interested in this NSCC Gymkhana held there in January 1967. "
Just before I joined the Club, don't remember it.
At the NSCC Reunion they had the magazines back to to 1972 only.

Thanks for the post Milan.

The Simca's of Wayne Jones ( pictured ) and Ralph Emson .. - finished 2nd and 3rd..

Not an NSCC event but an ACC Club Circuit Day at Pukekohe - Ralph in his Simca - a John Larry Lawton photo.Also a 1967 event.
The Club Circuit was quite new ..

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Posted details of the HillClimb held there in December 1959 in a previous post.
John Windelburn sent me this recently.
John in his Austin A35

Ostrich Farm event in February 1959.
The Entrants and class results.
Trevor Sheffield in his AC V8.
[ would like to know more about that car too ]
His great friend Bill W Kelly in a Cooper 500
and
Ivy Stephenson in her Buckler Climax - the car well known for her exploits and later with Bruce Sutcliffe.
Car is now in the UK and was at Goodwood very recently
** Photos added to the Buckler thread of the car now with UK Registration DAA300..

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John and I had a chat at the NSCC Reunion and are now in contact again.
Had not seen John since a Bardahl Hill Climb at Bright Road Pukekohe in 1979 a PCC event.

New Zealand Motor Cup - Centennial. - The Event has been cancelled.
An event was proposed by the New Zealand Grand Prix Association and the Historic Racing Club to celebrate.
100 years since the NZ Motor Cup was first competed for at Muriwai Beach in 1921.
The event had been postponed twice, but was scheduled for December 2nd 2022.

It is hoped that some cars of the era and the Cup will be at the Ellerslie Concours next year.

Here is the communication issued through Ticketeck who were responsible for the bookings

" The Historic Racing Club and NZIGP have today made the difficult decision to cancel its New Zealand Motor Cup Centenary Celebration to be held at Muriwai on Friday 2nd December 2022.

The decision comes after having to postpone the original event twice over the past 2 years due to COVID and now the rapidly rising costs of hosting events and the increasingly difficult logistics of being able to run the event mean we were left with little option. This coupled with Motorsport New Zealand having to cancel their 75th Gala Dinner on the day after our event due to similar issues means that a lot of the guests we were expecting will now not be attending.

There are plans to have some of the cars and the New Zealand Motor Cup on display at the Ellerslie Concours on Sunday 12th February 2023

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this decision, however, we hope you understand it is not one we made lightly. "

The Trophy - photo from Alan Boyle archives..

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A couple of Alan Boyle archive photos form early events where Alan's father Bill was involved as mechanic/rider.

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Report and Results of the event from the May 1967 NSCC Club Torque.

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Photos from the event.

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Also in the Magazine is the 1966 - 67 Season Prize List - with the Trophies and the winners.

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Rob Williams features in one of the photos and in the Prize List with his Ford V8 Coupe- that he still owns and was displayed at the NSCC Reunion in August 2022.

Lots of well known people in the Prize List - better known today than back then perhaps.. Paul Adams, David Oxton et al ..

Have posted the photo of Bruce Mclaren standing beside his Ford 10 Special at Rosebank Road in the Pit Area for the event that was held on the new Motorway - before it opened.
Thanks to Don Tilsley - passed on by Mark Donaldson I now have the time sheets as written by Don's future wife Muriel at the event.

Don Tilsley was there and very quick in the " Singford "
John Windelburn was in his Morris Minor and Bruce McLaren was in the Ford Special - ex Bob Crisp.
Phil Kerr was there too in his Ford Special and there is a Wolfe in a Ford 10 - is that Allan Woolf.. I am not sure.
Les McLaren was in the Austin Healey 100 that Bruce had success with in later years 1956 on.
Les was much quicker and in the top few with a time of 16.4 same as Herb Gilroy and Hugill in a Cooper.. Hugill appears to be the FTD Man at 16.0 seconds

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The photo of Bruce in the Pit [ carpark ]. this would be near where the Go-Kart track was in later years.

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Note that the car has bolt holes in the scuttle where the windscreen would go.

** Would like more details on the car and to assist a modelmaker the colour of the Bob Crisp Standard 10 / Ford 10 Special..

Don Tilsley notes on the back of a reprint of the photo he sent me last year.

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Trying to get details of the cars involved as with some on the lists there is the drivers name only.


The gathering of this information all happened because of the NSCC 50th Anniversary of the Clubrooms,which created the opportunity to meet new friends like Don Tilsley, John Windelburn who I met briefly once before and catch up with Mark Donaldson of Austin Healey Club whom I have known for about 50 years..

Mark was there with Jan McLaren who I also met for the first time..

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Some John Larry Lawton photos - with notes by him.

Will put on Pukekohe thread too !!.

" Peter Akeroyd in the Heron leads Ivy Stephenson in the ex Bill Caldwell Lola. "
[ This was Ivy's Racing car after the Buckler - Climax - my notes ]

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" Jack Nazer " - in his Anglia
- with the " Sabrina " headlights as remarked by others on similar photos.

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" Wayne Jones - Simca 1000 finished 2nd to Ian Runnerstrum in the Group 1 race "
Sunbeam and Cortina behind
- trying to picture where this is - by the Elbow where the Stables were.

Track still the 2.2 mile circuit in November 1965

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" Herman Munster " is all that J L Lawton had on this image..

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Post of the 1955 Sprint Meeting on the new Motorway at Avondale.
I posted the photo of Bruce and the Standard Ford 10 Special and decided to do a bit of searching to find out more about the car.

The Standard 10 Special - as it is described in Graham Vercoe book " Historic Racing Cars of New Zealand ", states that Bob Crisp built the car [ around 1951 ] with Standard 10 components, not the Chassis which was a ladder frame.
When the car was sold to Bruce McLaren it was sold minus the engine.

Photo from the Vercoe book - shows several NSCC members - they could all be - at Muriwai with
Don Tilsley, Singford 11, Bruce McLaren Standard / Ford, David Long in Ralph Watson BSA Special, TSL Special and Trevor Sheffield in the Singer Le Mans, that was previously Ralph Watson's.

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The article in the Vercoe book - page 273.

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Would like to accurately date the photo as in Trevor Sheffields story about Ralph Watson David Long raced the BSA Special at Muriwai in October 1954 [ 9th October in the Ten Mile Race ]
Bruce McLaren in his Book "From the Cockpit " talks of selling the Austin 7 Ulster in August 1955 to buy the Standard Ford, which he got without the Standard 10 engine.

Any information would be appreciated.

Photos from John Larry Lawton and Programme - Entry Lists from Milan Fistonic

Start of the up 1000cc Saloon Car Race - Minis Anglia and an A35 and others.

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Part of the same field Minis and the A35.
Hugh Kettelwell W Marshall and B Cox in the A35 - Result 1st H Grocott Mini 2nd B Cox A35

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Modified Production Saloons Mudford #134 Cortina

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Fiats and a Vauxhall into Stables - the Elbow corner. Reynolds in the Vauxhall
John Larry Lawton notes he took all his photos from the " Stewards " stand that day.

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Entry List Race One - Production Saloons with results written Fiats 1st and 2nd, the PA Vauxhall 3rd

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Entry List Race Three - Modified Production Saloons with results A Cooper S and Anglias in the first 3.

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Wharepapa Hill Climb, the road near Woodhill, West Coast Auckland in 1965.

The first running on the " new "venue in December 1965.

Photo by John Larry Lawton
L Spitz in his Sunbeam Alpine - there was some comment that it had an MGA Twincam Motor at one stage but a later owner returned it to Sunbeam power - a good motor in 1500 and 1600 cc format anyway.

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Motorman cutting from Milan Fistonic - which helped date the event.

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Birdwood Road Massey was used by NSCC around this time 1964 / 65 - must go back over the archives.
By March 1967 the Hill event was of course " Cosseys Farm Road " at Drury.

More John Larry Lawton photos - with notes - on the NSCC Pukekohe meeting 21st February 1965
- follow on from post #457.
Photos were taken from the Stewards Stand near the Elbow Stables corner - this is before the revised track was built in 1966 to provide the 3 Circuits that were used in later years, The 2.2 mile full circuit, the 1.75 mile circuit that became the Grand Prix Circuit and the Clubmans favourite " Club Circuit ".

Jim Boyd in the Lycoming.

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" Black in the Lola in front of Bill Stone " - in the Cooper -Ford.
Presume Spencer " Spinner " Black in the front engined Lola Racing Car that went to Kenny Smith and others.

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Sports Cars - is that Trevor Sheffield ?? - in one of the what appears to be two Daimler SP250's followed by a Sports racing car and a Morgan.

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" Rod McCallum loses his Humber 80 " - entering the Elbow - he went straight ahead

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A Mini - Race #137 damaged and going the wrong way - as J L Lawton notes - the driver would have earned the ire of Les Rankin the Clerk of the Course on the day.

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Note that VW Kombi [ Combi ] of the Marshall near the Start Finish - in behind the " Horse Fences ".

Only have a couple of pages of entries for this event.

Believed to be the last of these events, as Pukekohe was now available as a permanent racing circuit and was supported by both the main Auckland Car Clubs Auckland Car Club and Northern Sports Car Club.

These images from 1963 are of the Auckland Car Club meeting.

Cars on the Beach in the main race ; Allan Dick - Classic Autonews archives
John(ny) Riley Ferrari Monza, Bill Thomasen Cooper - Climax and Ivan Cranch Maserati 6CM [Ivan was President of ACC around this time.]
Cars on the second row not stated - on the left looks like one of the Ford Specials from 1950's such as Jock Aitken and Phil Kerr raced [ the same Jock Aitken built car ] or the GBS Gordon Brown Special.

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Motorman Magazine report on the event - the main placegetters are in the above photo. Graham Woods archives
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Any further information of the event would be appreciated

Some time ago on this thread photos from Arthur Siddall a founding member of NSCC were published.
They came from an Album that Duncan Fox found at the Whitford Tip well over 20 years ago.

The images were just photos of the pages of the Album.

Yesterday I was given the Album as " Custodian " by Duncan Fox and will progressively scan /photograph the images.
I am going to try and restore the Album to some extent - photos need re-attaching and also the Covers are well used.

The front cover on the inside has a handwritten note -
" A Siddall "
" 5 A Emerald St "
" Epsom "
The cover will be retained but trimmed slightly .

How the Album looks at the moment and the first two photos.

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To save having to turn your device - the two photos and notes turned.

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The top photo I have a very small copy of from my Uncles Eddie Dowding's archives - given to me in the 1970's.

Many of the photos in the Album are larger than as already posted.

Apologies for the repetition.

More to come once I process the photos.

I have just received an Email, via Don Tilsley's email from his son Russell Tilsley that Don passed away on the 12th of April 2023 after a short illness. He had gone into care about a month ago.

RIP Don Tilsley, a serious competitor with Northern Sports Car Club and others in the 1950's in both his own cars the "Singford " of which there were several, and also driving for others at Ohakea, Ardmore and elsewhere.

A couple of photos.
Don in the " Singford II " with the late Laurie Powell on the back bumper at the Mt Eden Hillclimb in April 1952

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Don standing talking to Rob Williams at the NSCC " 50th Anniversary of the Clubrooms " Reunion in August 2022.

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A service will be held for Don at Schnapper Rock, North Shore, Auckland as detailed by Russell.

" There will be a service for Don on Friday the 21st of April at 1pm, at the North Shore Memorial Park Chapel, Schnapper Rock, Auckland.
For those unable to attend there will be a live video stream available, details yet to be confirmed. "

Extract from the New Zealand Herald;
" DONALD TILSLEY OBITUARY. TILSLEY, Donald Noel. Born 1 January 1929. Passed away on Wednesday 12th April 2023 after a short illness. "

Don Tilsley was one of the very first to build and drive, what was a very significant shoe string, home
brew, Ford ten special. The car showed the way to factory MG TD and a Morgan sports cars, imported at a time when an import license decided the outcome of an event. He was a "special" builder and competitor in the true sense of the word.

Well said Trevor,Don was indeed a serious and successful competitor
- " The car showed the way to factory MG TD and Morgan sports cars, " He beat them more than a few times

Had a message a couple of days ago from John Windelburn, fellow NSCC and ACC Club member and competitor at the time. regarding Don's passing.
John is 90, another competitor from the era that you raced in too !! .

Cheers Trevor,

Roger

Slow progress with the Album as my Old Laptop does not talk to my scanner anymore - however, we have bought a new laptop for general use and I will get the newer Laptop, with huge capacity to do my Motoring Stuff and Emails etc, plus store my photo archive of many thousand photos, largely mine but with a lot of " borrows ".

Another image of the " Early Years " 1942 the first events .. from the Album, the third photo had become unstuck but I have recently re-attached all the loose photos ..

The third photo is from the First run to Titirangi, which I already had as a small "contact " print but now have a 10 x 8 inch version and can see that my Uncle Eddie's Morris is there, with his new wife Una in the passenger seat. .. The Morris Minor 8hp is on the right in the third photo, second left in the top photo..

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More to come from this Album and moving on to more recent times, more Dennis Green photos have been digitized ** by Ross Cammick of Cosseys Farm Hill Climbs from 1977 - or thereabouts.. will gradually add those too

** American autocorrect ...zed !!

" Dennis Green photos from Cosseys Farm 1977 .. must have been a busy period as 3 Hill Climbs there within two months February and March, 2 Club and the Gold Star event ..

One of the photos - wheels off the ground ...

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and again .. names of drivers dates and entry lists later ..

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There are around 20 photos and most drivers are named.
Graham Sowden in Datsun 1200 ..
Ole Sorenson in the Anglia
The Datsun photo was part of page in Club Torque, April 1977 Issue with a Rally Car Morrie Chandler Mitsubishi - after crash in the lower photo.

Entry Lists to come from Milan Fistonic vast archives..

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Originally Posted by Roger Dowding

" Dennis Green photos from Cosseys Farm 1977 .. must have been a busy period as 3 Hill Climbs there within two months February and March, 2 Club and the Gold Star event ..

One of the photos - wheels off the ground ...

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and again .. names of drivers dates and entry lists later ..

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There are around 20 photos and most drivers are named.
Entry Lists to come form Milan Fistonic vast archives..

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Cossey's Farm got plenty of use around that time. From November 1977 to February 1978 five events were held at the hill.

Nov 20 - Bardhal Series Round 2
Dec 4 - Closed Club
Jan 5 - Gold Star
Jan 28 - Closed Club Motorsport Day - Night Hillclimb
Feb 18 - Closed Club - Night Hillclimb

Milan,
Thanks for those details, with those and three sets of results from early in 1977, a very busy year for the Club.

" Jan 28 - Closed Club Motorsport Day - Night Hillclimb ".
Competed in this event in my Triumph GT6, the Four Events on Motorsport Day were :
- Gymkhana at Mount Richmond Domain - on the field in front of the Clubrooms,
Two part Trial
- Part one from Clubrooms to Pukekohe Race Track
and
- Part two from Pukekohe to Cosseys Farm Drury.
Between the parts of the Trial a Sprint was held on the 3/4 mile Club Circuit.
- Final Event the Hill Climb at Cosseys Farm

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Posted before the Booklet with ASR's Trial Instructions and details of the Gymkhana, Sprint and Hill Climb.

Rod Peat, a competitor wrote a good article in Club Torque, which has been posted on the thread .

The Dennis Green photos, as processed by Ross [ BMC BOY ] Cammick.

They appear to be from the Gold Star Hill Climb of 6th February 1977.
Ross had the photos in 3 groups, so here are the rest of Part One -
The Graham Sowden Datsun 1200 SSS was in part 3, and the Ole Sorenson Anglia from Part One.

Another Datsun IF7492 ..

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Ford Escort HL6076, one of a number of them competing, this is Clive Smith

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Mazda RX3, Darcy Meier GZ8511 .. a few names were mentioned but Darcy saw himself, so should know !!

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Holden Torana FL5057

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Triumph Herald CZ3698

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More to come and the Entry List Results from the Gold Star Event and others..

Part Two of the Dennis Green photos.

Marty Loughnan Vauxhall Viva

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Ford Escort Warren Hull GB7110

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A Mini Race #147 .. Driver not known.

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Ford Escort, HO4628 with the Photographers Sponsorship windscreen banner

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Ford Escort, with something non-Escort under that bonnet - Max Irwin, V8 powered

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Dennis Green photos part 3 - the last set.

Believed to be Laurie Evans Anglia BE5853

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Mazda RX3 Mark Parsons - Airborne ..

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Renault Dauphin CF2791 - what was it powered by ? - It is not the John Miller rear engined V8 one !,

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Another European - Alan Grout in the Volkswagen Type 1 [ Beetle ] ..all sorts of wheel angles happening.

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The Results / Entry List from Club Torque the event 6 February 1977..
Many of the Entrant names appear but not all ; this from Graham Woods, but Milan Fistonic also had a copy [ and confirmation of the date ] and posted with the Dennis Green / Ross Cammick posts on Old New Zealand Motor Racing.


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The photos could be from several events from 1977 - we know the Hill was well used in that year and into early 1978.

The end of season Hill Climb 13th March 1977.
archive - Graham Woods

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Night Hill Climb February 19th 1977 - Milan Fistonic archives

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Thats all on 1977 Hill Climbs for now, from Cosseys Farm ..

Have seen another set of photos from Dennis Green of the Ridge Road Hill Climb - perhaps they go on the " Hill Climbs and other events thread ..

Ken H is winging his way home today, Safe Travels back to your family.
Cheers

Roger

A Motorcycle Road Race was held around a loop including Cossey Road and the Roads near to Cosseys Farm that was the NSCC Hill Climb venue from March 1967 until the late 1980's - unsure when the last event was held
The Motorcycle Race was a one-off event in 1962.

Image from Graeme Staples " jellywrestler " A K A " Spyda " from his Motorcycle Book on NZ Circuits.

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Reading the notes,
- I remember attending the New Lynn event one year as my brother lived on a road that was one away from the track and we went down a walkway between his house and the Church to watch the action - back in 1977 by the notes.
Unsure how many years they ran the New Lynn circuit, there were quite a few offs with people having Motorcycles and Sidecars on their front lawn after an OFF ..

Dennis Green photos form an event at Cosseys Farm in 1975 - not sure of the date.
Wheels on the ground but a few good drifts through the corner.
Photos processed by Ross Cammick from Dennis Green's vast collection.

Milan will probably have the Club Torque details ;

Notes on the drivers from Graham Wing - the Mini and the Datsun 1000, others by the drivers Rod Peat and Mark Parsons, Rod also noted which Skoda Driver it was - one of the works Rally Team from a previous Heatway.

- Ken Wood

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- Rod Peat Datsun 1200., before he moved onto a Mazda RX3,

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- Mark Parsons " Skid Mark " Monaro 327

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- Hillman Imp - lots of opposite lock

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- Escort Van, not sure who but remember one that used to compete in the Woodhill Rally, and used to carry huge cans of petrol in the back.

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a couple more to follow. and photos of a well known NSCC, ACC, HCMC competitor.

the 1975 Hill Climb-

- Datsun 1000, note by Graham Wing - had a Datsun 1200 motor - Driver Steve Little.

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- Skoda 120 Rallye .. one of the Team cars from the Heatway - what year ?? need to check.
Morrie Chandler behind the wheel according to Rod Peat.

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RIP - Allan Woolf.
A couple of photos to commemorate Allan Woolf who passed away recently.
These are from Allan's last event " Leadfoot Festival " at the Millen Ranch in 2018 - He hung up his helmet after this.

Richard Opie - " in the forest ".

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crossing the finish line " last event, last run of the day, last corner ". Chris Denby notes and photo.

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The Vitesse was at the NSCC Reunion back in August at the Clubrooms.

Allan Woolf Funeral Service has an invite for Racing / Rally Cars to attend - the note says no trailers, but bring the cars..

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More Dennis Green photos, processed by Ross Cammick.
From the Entries would be an Invitation event, maybe a Bardahl or Gold Star series event.

Have got some of the names - but any details most welcome.

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More than one VW competing in these images - Doug Bremner - " Volks - Vair " - see next post.

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John Steward - in his A40 Ford -

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Well known Triumph Guy - Russ Abbott, who loked after my three Triumphs in the period 1976 - 1984.

Having an argument with a fence.
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More to come - including a small car with BIG lights and another VW..

Dennis Green photos as processed by Ross Cammick.

A Small Car with lots of Big Lights.
note from Milan " That's Malcolm Michael's Honda Civic "

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The Allan Grout VW .. not sure what engine it was using .. a photo from this event and a couple of other events.

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The same car in 1977 .. at Cosseys.

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In a montage of photos from the ACC [ Auckland Car Club ] Bardahl Round of the series in 1975 at Chamberlain Road

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Roger Dowding

Dennis Green photos as processed by Ross Cammick.

A Small Car with lots of Big Lights.

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That's Malcolm Michael's Honda Civic

Thanks Milan,
there was a mention of his name but the writer was not sure. - note added to the post and photo.

Cheers

Roger

Came across these in 2016 on NZ Rallying History page. -
Rex named some of the drivers but was not totally sure - others may know - and there is an Entry Results List out there I am sure.

Not the John Crombie Clubman his had a roof rack and was GM799 from memory.

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caption on the photo was " me " -

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Is it Paul Adams ?? Yes he had a BMW 2002 with that number plate

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Buggy Kevin McNamara - right way up.

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Buggy Paul Swan - wrong way is up ..

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