It certainly is - George had it on show as it is not completed yet. Instead of 'Sidchrome' down the sides and across the back it now has 'Shewiery'.
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It certainly is - George had it on show as it is not completed yet. Instead of 'Sidchrome' down the sides and across the back it now has 'Shewiery'.
For me these photos show the essence of what HMC is all about. The Sunday morning race was held on a damp track and Angus Fogg in the 'Collingwood' Mini was leading the race for about the first five laps. He was having a marvellous tussle with Dale (staged) and the crowd where I was standing were grinning from ear to ear and rushing to the fence to watch them come across the start/finish line.
As the track dried, the V8's got more grip and started to reel them both in, but the sight brought back memories of when Bruce McLaren brought the 1275 Mini to NZ in the 60's and raced it against the 3.8 Jaguars and had the crowd applauding. Of all the HMC races over the first weekend I don't think Angus finished outside the top 5 in any race. A giant killing efford.
The crowd watching the racing was the highest numbers I saw matched only by the F5000 cars.
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I think the look of enjoyment on both of their faces says it all.
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TonyG- yes it is THE car.George gave up a weekend of action to kindly bring the car as a display.
Full marks here to him for letting the fans have a close up.
Such a good guy ,and he had no fences around it.
Fantastic weekend, just fantastic. Only sorry I can't make it back next week. If you go to the start of this thread Dale references "not another class". It surely isn't. What a fantastic show both on and off track.
Here are a few of my shots, I need better camera gear but further coverage will be in the next issue of NZ Hot Rod Magazine. The Historic Muscle Cars were the most organized, professional appearing and informative gathering of cars. They certainly put on an excellent show off and on the track
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Pictures worth a thousand words...
Excellent photos Greg, I`d love to get a copy of the one of my Camaro #41 and Colin Warringtons #51.
No problem mate - email me at greg@nzhotrodmag.co.nz
Yes, it's looking good! I understand the Sheweiry signwriting is because a certain tool company, who I will not name, won't allow their name on the side of the car......I shall in future use less grander spanners :-)
Mike there is a story behind the signwriting. Very much along the lines that Malcolm has mentioned. Sounds like a certain company definately must have a new person running it that was obviously not growing hair on his (or her) face back in the 70s. Most probably not even born.
Here`s a good deal: For the best action shot of my HMC Camaro #41 from the weekend, that is either posted on here, or shown to me next weekend at Hampton Downs, I`ll buy the photo and give the winning photographer a signed team shirt and hat as well for their efforts.
No doubt some self important little corporate animal with no idea of the company's past marketing success. The Sidchrome sponsored Mustang (and Imp) that Jim drove gave the company a great leg up in this country in the early seventies when huge crowds used to attend national motor race meetings.
It was neat to see this restoration taking shape along with the other genuine old musclecars and saloons on display - like the Fahey Anglia, the Fleetwood Mustang, the Dawson Mustang and the Coppins Pontiac to name a few. Also the overall quality and integration of the displays, the merchandising and the setup for celebrating the old legendary drivers was exemplary.
I know Dale put a huge amount into this and that the crowds who visited HMC HQ appreciated it.
I think I may have a few more too
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Thanks Mike,
I'm sure someone will
Nigel Watts- since it was first time out with my car, I would like to catch up with you this weekend to buy some pics also
Fantastic shots guys, those cars are amazing - better than they were originallly and lots more of them. Congratulations - I'm in awe at the quality of workmanship that has gone into the cars, and (once again) full of admiration to those of you who get out and race them, knowing that the cars could be damaged.
That number 30 Escort - sponsored by Cowshed Groovers. There must be a story behind that ... full of possibilities.
I'll take pics this coming weekend and no matter how good they are, I am happy to let you have copies for free without any bribery or team shirt!!! Yours must have been one of the few cars I didn't get last weekend, on two short visits, but I still ended up with over 300 pics.
Great display of cars on and off the track. Fantastic racing, I really enjoyed seeing the cars. A effort to be proud of by all of you. Well done !!. Cheers, Bruce
Greg-mate, that is a few years ago,yet I remember everyone like it was yesterday.
I think I have a pic of your wife at the Henderson BMX track when she was 8 years old.
Want to swap that for a pic of my car?
Will definitely see you this weekend
The restored Sidchrome Imp carries the correct signage, or it did the last time I saw it. Sometimes if you ask the wrong person (ie anyone but the owner of the Sidchrome Corporation) you just get 'No' for an answer as it's the 'safe' answer to give if they're unsure. I wonder if George had just gone ahead and painted Sidchrome on the Mustang, whether anyone at Sidchrome NZ would have known or cared.
We did have a similar situation with the AMCO Mini. It is the real thing, and we thought it prudent to make some enquiries about the logo. Found out that the original company went belly-up and was restarted some years later in Oz, with a different logo. The response to our questions was negative. No one seemed to know or give two-hoots as to what we did, so we just did it.
Tony Mann's Sidchrome Imp has the correct signage, and I suspect he just 'did it' too.