Phil Kerr at Silverstone. July. 1973. Listens with Jody Scheckter as Jackie Stewart explains his methods of driving through Woodcote Corner.
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Phil Kerr at Silverstone. July. 1973. Listens with Jody Scheckter as Jackie Stewart explains his methods of driving through Woodcote Corner.
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I found this site on Phil Kerr also that leads to parts of the wonderful documentary "Trio at the Top" (TVNZ 2001)which I can watch over and over about a wonderful era in New Zealand motor racing regarding McLaren,Hulme and Amon.
http://www.sportingmemoriesnetwork.c...pole-position/
(Ken Hyndman )
Grant, I found this film of Ardmore in 1958 on YouTube. Check it out at the 50 second area. Is that possibly Ernie slinging the Renault Dauphine through College Corner and out onto Hangar Straight ? (It is a bit hard to see and no sound but it is a little something of 1958 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSkS9688_mw
(Ken Hyndman )
Was that the pulse jet Cooper on that video that's on Trademe at the moment?????
Chaindrive,
I have tried to scan the page regarding the jet car from the 1958 GP programme. If you want a clearer image I can email it to you. OK ?
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Ken......Thanks for that. See Trademe
Thank you Ken all very interesting ....once again never seen these before just fantastic ..........
Hi Ken...............Looks like the listing is now off.
The car is currently owned by Ian Garmey of Auckland. It is a Mark 5 Cooper with a JAP 500 engine.
The 1957 NZGP was sadly overshadowed by the death of English driver, Ken Wharton in a preliminary sports car race.
The first race I ever attended was the 1959 NZGP at Ardmore. I have some faint memories of the noise and smell of racing fuel, waiting in long traffic lines especially when leaving. It was a hot day and I do remember seeing for the first time a young woman in a leopard skin bikini walking by and my dad clipping me on the ear and telling me to concentrate on the racing ! It was all a bit much for a young fella from Kiwitahi ! I also remember seeing Stirling Moss sitting up in his Cooper and steering with his feet and waving to the crowd on the last lap as he was so far ahead of Jack Brabham.
(Ken Hyndman )
7 th New Zealand Grand Prix. Jan 9th 1960
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The early grand prix always had good races for the motorcyclists and some well known riders participated. Here is some information and an entry list from the 1960 Grand Prix programme. As you will note in the prize money one did not get rich on the day but the experience and being noted would have been invaluable.
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The supporting races had some well known names in them as you will note in these race events. January. 1960.
First for the saloon cars.
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Excuse my ignorance, but what was a De Joux ? ( I have since found what the De Joux was. )
Was this the converted 1951 Ferrari 375 that was built into a sedan by DeJoux and then later
converted back into a single seater and then owned by Bernie Ecclestone ?
Or did he race his Holden Special in this race ?
(Ken Hyndman )
Grant,
You caught me out on that one. I should have done my homework ! I did not realize what a genius Ferris de Joux was. Thanks for the tip for Moss Motors !
Check us out sometime ..... http://www.mossmotors.com/.. The stories section has some good "stuff".
(Ken)
My father in Event 2, #92 Singer 9 ......
I doubt this particular De Joux was one of the Mini-based cars-it's capacity is listed as 2171cc which is a bit big for a BMC 'A' series motor. Can anyone shed more light on it?
This is " Wikipedia" information on the early cars for Ferris de Joux. I would say from the engine cc that it was the Holden Special he was driving at Ardmore in January 1960.
"Early cars[edit]
de Joux's first car was a 1936 Austin Seven Ruby. He removed the body, designed and built a fibreglass body for it. Possibly New Zealand's first. Internationally de Joux is perhaps best known as the designer and manufacturer of a series of fibreglass bodies for Buckler sports cars. One of the first Buckler's to his design was Ivy Stephenson's.
From there he created a Holden Special followed by a Ferrari Special. Jack Brabham commented that the Ferrari was the best non factory built car he had seen and offered him a job. de Joux declined.
de Joux bought the Ferrari 375 that José Froilán González drove and won the 1951 British Grand Prix at Silverstone from New Zealand racing driver Ron Roycroft. He converted it into a Gran Turismo that looked like a genuine factory built Ferrari road car. It was an exquisitely proportioned car used by de Joux daily for the next four and a half years until he sold it. The car was restored back to a single seater by a Christchurch classic car enthusiast and is now owned by Bernie Ecclestone.
In 1962 de Joux and Auckland mechanic Kevin Lamb made two deJoux Gran Turismo cars. The GT's look like a cross between a Maserati A6G and an AC Bristol Zagato with 1950's and 1960s styling.[1] Also around this time De Joux is thought to have designed the Orchid, a 1960's period racer, molded by The Australasian Motor Works. Among several sports racers de Joux built was a Ferrari-Jaguar combination - called the Ferraguar.[2] "
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This is all new to me and that is why I love this site.
(Thanks Mr. Steve Holmes, we will be forever grateful for "The Roaring Season" and allowing us to "let it rip")
(Ken Hyndman )
Thanks to TRS, I found this posting of the De Joux Holden Special. It almost looks like a 1955 Mercedes 300 SL !
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There were actually three of these cars built. The first was a 2+2. Happy with the success of the buckler body Ferris believed that there was a market for a fully enclosed coupe. He built the 2+2 car, used it as an everyday runner as well as racing it occassionally. Then Keven Lamb convinced Ferris to shorten the next car and make it a 2 seater. Hence the second car had 200 millimetres taken out of its roof and 100mm out its scuttle shortening the car by 300mm in total. The headlight arrangement was also altered.
Below is the only picture I have of the 2+2 (Ferris standing beside it)Name: F deJoux- GT Holden based. 4 seater. Raced by Ferris who is standing in front of it.sm.JPG Views: 443 Size: 69.6 KB
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I am pretty sure this is taken at Ardmore, January 9th 1960. The car number 20 is correct and in the background is car # 124, a Buckler Mk 90, driven by C.S. Judd that day. (It looks like Ardmore in the background )
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This is a list of the entrants in the two sports car races at the Ardmore NZGP meet in 1960.
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(Ken Hyndman ) I think some of these contestants are the parents of some future well known drivers.
Some of the advertising was interesting back in the 1960 programme.
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What is interesting about those pages from the program is the First place prize money for the Ultimate Echo Race Car Feature. In 1960 150 pounds was a lot of money when the average was about 20 pounds a week (someone may correct me if I'm wrong) and you could fly to New Caledonia for 61 pounds. So according to my calculations that would make the prize money in today's dollars approaching $5000. Correct me if I'm wrong please.
Allan, That might be why Bruce McLaren turned to sports cars when you note that driving his Jaguar around, the best he could win was 60 pounds. But the sports car winner was more than twice as much at 150 pounds ! Is this what sowed the seeds for our future Can Am champion ?
Ardmore. Jan 9th 1960. Here is the entry list for the main event. The 7th New Zealand Grand Prix.
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Note entry number 88 is the remarkable Ron Roycroft who has entered his Blue Ferrari 375 with the 4.5 liter V-12 for the fourth year in a row. Ron became a legend when he led all the field for over 10 laps in 1957 before the on-board heat and fumes almost caused him to pass out and he was lucky to come in when he did, completely exhausted. As the photo shows he gave it all he could. A brave man indeed.
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Ron Roycroft in his Ferrari at Ardmore before the 1957 NZGP
(photo thanks to Eoin Young's "Classic Racer" book )
(In the book Ron is quoted as saying the huge drum brakes were a handful. " None at all when car was cold, then great for 3 laps, then nothing for the rest of the race !" If you hit the brakes it could throw the car left or right until they were warm ! )
Wow that must have been exciting !
If you note in the next album photo that Ron is on the very right and it looks like he is allowing for the inevitable brake lock to get him around the fast right hand College Corner at the start of the 1960 NZGP.
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I found this short movie of the 1957 NZGP at Ardmore.
(Thanks to Pacific Films )
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/gran...own-under-1957
(Ken Hyndman )
Forgive me but my calculations are wrong. According to the Reserve Bank website the 1000 pound prize money for winning the 1960 NZIGP has the equivalent of $70,447 in today's money.
Its all relative to the that era Allan. If you look at how much a Maserati 250F cost then, to what one is worth today, it puts it in perspective $$$ wise .....
So if we still have/had a 2015 NZIGP would or did the winner of that race this year receive ~$70,000.00?
Going thru that list I don't see many if any drivers who could be considered 'show ponies'. Perhaps that's the core of what is missing from most avenues of motorsport today, not many driver /builders anymore and any 'kiwi' diy efforts are virtually killed off by rules for the sake of rules.
Ardmore was a bit before my time Ken, I arrived in this world the same year the Puke track was opened ( 1963 ).... I know it was a Singer 9 Sports and I`ll ask my younger brother if he has any photos of it.
Perhaps I found a photo of the Elliott family & crew on their way to the races in their Singer !
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High performance bit of gear for sure Ken ..... not!
Wouldn't you want to own that today....Singer LeMans ??
It is a Singer Le Mans...well spotted.
Some more advertising from the 1960 NZGP programme when it was still in pounds, shillings and pence ..etc. (Life in 1960 in NZ )
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Moving on to 1962 when Ardmore held it's last New Zealand Grand Prix on Jan. 6th 1962.
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Note the prize money for the winner is half as much as in 1960 !
(Can any one explain the "pay cut" ? )
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