This is one real nice bit of Gear. And it is original. I had to stand against the pit wall when it went past as i did not want any one to see how happy i was.
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This is one real nice bit of Gear. And it is original. I had to stand against the pit wall when it went past as i did not want any one to see how happy i was.
Now here are a couple of genuine classics as well. A wee bit of history here.
.....the homeless looking one with the 'bare feet' (and I'm guessing 'thongs'!!) is a bit of a giveaway,may have worked on the Jum Ruchards Musthang, the 'Big ' one looks like his 'Minder'!!! but I'm not prepared to ask him again,to do the 'Santa' gig this year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........regards thunder427/MJ:):p:p:o
Some sharp looking cars there Rod. What did the Renault Dauphine hit? Not another car I hope. Looks like he has come round the left-hander into the main straight and suffered a bit of understeer!!! But cant that thing GO....as I said we saw it at Teretonga and it just powered past the Custaxie. However the car that does it for me is the Trevor Crowe Starlet. Is it the paint job, or the wing ,or what, but it looks like it's doing 100mph when standing still! It must have been a great get-together for all you South Island 'rebels'......hope some ex MANZ folk were there to see how it used to be, and I bet there were some smiling faces watching and listening to the action. Do you have to have a muffler on these things now?
Here is one only for now. My computer has gone on strike and needs a swift kick. Gary believes that nowhere else in the world could you see this sight. The cars are original factory vehicles and are one of only three or four ever built. We are privileged indeed. I believe that the Escort is coming up to Hampton Downs next year.
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No thongs Thunder, just as god made him as usual. Good to see these guy's. JT is over West Coast now and has a big collection of stationary engines that he has rebuilt. Seen some photos and he is still a clever bugger. Herb looks after the Mk11 and has done a nice job.
Amco, the Renault came off over the back after the big sweeper at end of front staright and down next straiht into left hander, Bloody shame and yes it goes, real impressive down the main straight past the pit wall. Mufflers, pardon. I did actually see a gentleman in a Motorsport NZ shirt but i don't think everyone was after a autograph. F5000 was good stuff too. May put some bits on that thread as good stuff.
Rod, the reason I asked about mufflers was that at Puke last weekend 2 cars from the production class got black flagged for exceeding the decibel limit. Both were rotary powered, but to my ears were not as 'noisy' as some of the V8's. I thought maybe that noise levels were being strickly monitored now.......maybe only on tracks near to housing etc.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it Gerald. If Allcomers had been granted one more season, could the Miller Renault have been the car to beat? It was still unsorted in its brief appearances in the 1967 season where the Custaxie was so dominant, and even ended up wiping out a lamp post. But it was steadily improving by the end of the season, by which time it was too late.
I did hear a discussion about there was going to be a noise monitor/what ever at the track, But in all reality, yes you could hear them, but that is what race cars tend to do and people go to listen too. I had ear plugs so they sounded nice to me. And remember this was in the home of noisey, different looking race cars, and they may not have been infiltrated like us poor buggers in the north. 18 F5000's made a nice sound first time down the start straight. Guy had radar gun there and F5000 through sweeper onto pit straight 82mph and 180mph at end of straight. Top OSCA about 60mph onto straight and around 155mph at end.
Rod, thanks for posting these photos. Got any more? Gary, the owner of that genuine Zakspeed Escort, is a member on here. I was hoping he'd run a thread about the car, as its quite a fascinating machine.
That Trevor Crowe Starlet is a little confusing. Thats the first of the two Olds powered Starlets Trevor Crowe built, but it has the aero kit, ie, the flares etc, from the second car. Or it had the aero kit from the molds of the second car. Roger Freeth had a new aero kit built for the second car which was supposed to improve the aerodynamics, and the first car ended up with the old aero parts, or had the aero kit fitted from the molds of the second car. I actually thought the first car (ie, that pictured above) was being restored back to its Zap guise. But either way, its great to see it again.
Steve, i am not really good with a camera, but Mike Fiest was there and as we have seen he has more talent with a camera so hopefully son he will post some (as mention above he has computor problem at moment).
Now there is a great thing about this site, through here Mike mad contact and we kept in touch and both travelled (differently) to the Reunion and meeting (i was in the F5000 camp) we meet for first time at the track and he is one real nice guy. He just thrives on motorsport and you can see his enthusiasm in the way he beams when he see's a car of interest. it was great to meet him and hopefully some more site members will have the same privilage.
Thats great Rod! Thats what this place was created for. While we're not at the track, this place is as close as we can get to sitting around shooting the shit over a beer and talking old cars. Isn't the internet a wonderful thing!
Thanks for your kind words fellas, was a great evening and everyone loved the old articles and videos. There is a plan to place all the footage onto a dvd so once we do I'll let you all know.
There were photos taken from the reunion so hopefully I'll get them and post them.
OSCA is very proud to still be going and getting strong again....
Cheers Evan
From a (very ignorant) non Kiwi....
What is/was the OSCA catagory please.
Ellis
Ellis, OSCA stands for Open Saloon Car Association. It was created in the South Island of NZ by a group of racers who took exception to Motorsport NZ killing off the old Allcomer saloon category, which was relatively affordable and quite exciting. They formed OSCA in the late '60s and it is still going strong today. The cars are basically Sports Sedans.
These are a couple of 950 odd that I took. I will have a go at posting a selection but it could take years. OIf anyone wants a copy of my CD email me and send $5.00 tp cover p & p and I will send you the lot. mikeandkathyfeisst@orcon.net.nz
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shellsport, you live in an interesting neighbourhood by the sounds of it, and it is on my bucket list to visit.
Thanks Steve
I tried to work it myself out but failed.
I couldnt concentrate on the pics or text cos my head kept trying to decipher the abbreviation
Ellis
Evan, is the blue #43 Capri your dads (and yours) old car?
Also, the other blue Capri, what was this cars history before Ian Shrimpton had it? Or did Shrimpton build it?
Hi Steve, no its the ex Fisher/Elvy & others capri, just a fluke a previous owner put number 43 on it. Our Capri now lives in Fielding and Keith Tunnicliffe owns it. He is restoring it to a previous guise, maybe the Silver/Black with the big boxy flares from 1980-82.
It was originally built by Jim Kennedy then run by Bob Slade and I know Steve Vigurs also ran it approx 1981 then I'm guessing Shrimpton...Obviously Mike Fitzgerald also ran it and won OSCA approx 1989/90 in it.
Thanks Evan. Did it (the Kennedy/Slade etc Capri) always have those big flares on it? I know it did when Shrimpton had it.
Ahhh, yes that makes sense. It was the #43 that confused me, as the Munt family Capri traditionally had that number. I thought for a moment Tunnicliffe had just thrown some blue paint at your old car. So the car pictured above, the Fisher Capri, is the same one that Clyde Collins and Avon Hyde ran in the early 80s? It had quite different flares on it back then, more like 1972 ETCC RS2600 flares.
I think so Steve but someone else might need to confirm that....I was only about 3 years old :)
The car when built by Kennedy & then raced by Slade had the round flares, I have a pic somewhere of the Vigurs car on the grid for the Southern 200/ in ChCh, but are we sure that one of those two blue cars is not the ex Frank Ryan thru Alan Pulley car?
Thanks Jac. Now I'm getting confused. The Ryan car to the best of my knowledge had the RS2600 style flares fitted very early on, when it was still Ford powered. This is the car later raced by Avon Hyde. The Slade car as you say had the rounded flares early on. In fact, I've seen a photo somewhere of it when Slade had it and I don't think it even had a rollcage?
So the two blue Capri's pictured above are both the Slade car and the Ryan car?
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Hi everyone, I was just sent a link to this site two days ago and have been reading and looking back through all the old photos and it has been great to see all the photos of the cars, it brings back some memories from a very long time ago and it's nice to see so many of them came out for the reunion, Including my favorite car from the OSCA series which was Trevor Crowes Starlet. I dug through all of my Dads photos today and thought I would post them here. I will post all of them here rather than split them up, I won't mention his name although I am sure some of you will know right away. I just think there are some really good old photos here worth sharing although I know they may not all be OSCA related but like all the photos I have seen on here I think They are worth showing.
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Hey Nick, welcome to the site. Its great to have you here. Thanks heaps for posting these photos, they're absolutely magic! The fastback Anglia at the top of Post #75 looks like the old David Simpson/Frank Radisich Allcomer car with standard front sheet metal fitted. Is it the same car?
Did the V8 Capri come before or after the Mustang? I have a feeling it was after, but that can't be right, the Capri was potentially a better car.
There is a recent photo supplied by Roaring Season member Eagle512 on Post #76 of the below thread that shows your Dad is still keeping busy: http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...ula-5000/page4
I agree on the No.79 car. Possibly Francis Ernest Sprague at the wheel
Thanks, the Anglia was built by my dad from a street car around 1970, it was left hand drive because of steering rack that my dad used and the position he mounted it he realized when you turned wheel left the wheels turned right so it was easier for him at that stage to make it LHD. He made it a fastback Almost right after he built it. The car went to the Wellington area but Dad does not know who it was that had the car next. The Capri was before the mustang and I will try to post more info on these sometime soon
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Just wondering then based on the pics of the Vuyk Stilletto is this is it? and did it end up in the hands of Bryan Bate?