Is that why Murray can charge so much? He is a wizard with the Webers though.The book was written for Poms!I have copies of both the basic and next more complex, anybody need them?Quote:
Originally Posted by John McKechnie
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Is that why Murray can charge so much? He is a wizard with the Webers though.The book was written for Poms!I have copies of both the basic and next more complex, anybody need them?Quote:
Originally Posted by John McKechnie
I'd fancy one of those. You have a message Oldfart
A card on the Austin Healey 100S was posted on a Fb page " Austin Healey 100S " some time ago by Paul O'Neill - Paul has the whole set of 24 cards which he recently got out and photographed;
Here is the entire set - the AH 100S was number 19.
Must have been a 1950's set ;
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Close up of the Austin Healey and the details on the back.
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Many of the cars pictured were seen in New Zealand in the 1950's / 60's ..:cool:
I remember and collected those Castrol Motorsport Year Booklets back in the 1960's - sadly all gone - with the number of house moves over the years [ around 12 ] and the " giving away " of a lot of stuff, I now have only two big boxes of books brochures etc, about 4 boxes of photo's 10 large boxes of Scale Models not forgetting the Seven Boxes of Magazines that I rescued for seaqnmac from his Uncle.
They need to be sorted mainly Classic and Sports car Vols 1 to 22 in 6 boxes and another box of a UK newspaper style motoring publication from the 1970's.
However as " ERC " and others have mentioned on TRS and elsewhere - you collect it, and no one else in the family is really interested where does it all go !! when you Go >> ..
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However as " ERC " and others have mentioned on TRS and elsewhere - you collect it, and no one else in the family is really interested where does it all go !! when you Go >> ..[/QUOTE]
This applies to all the stuff collected by the late Ralph Watson, as I have previously mentioned without receiving any response. :-(
Trevor yes, It is hard to deal with - Ralph would have some fascinating things I am sure - photos etc are easy can be scanned, but other things take space and as we get older we downsize -Quote:
Originally Posted by Trevor Sheffield
My own experience - 1994 - 25 years ago owned a large house with double garage a carport and had 3 to 4 cars at any one time.
The garage held a lot of tools and car spares,books magazines and other stuff - out of the way of family.
Now small house, single garage, two cars, one of which lives 200km away in Auckland and gets used every couple of months.
I daren't take on any more " stuff " really but do get the odd item - have to deal with all those boxes soon !!
** and today indicated would take some NZ Classic Car mags -
see how it goes !! storage is the issue for most of us !!
Love the cards Roger.
Fantastic to see, thanks for posting them up.
It is a shame with a lot of the collections needing to be re homed, I usually collect by sight and it is hard sometimes to do this unseen.
And then there is the space issue, as Roger has said. I am also mindful of this. Don't have and answer for this sadly.
Cheers
The Motoring Books -
The Austin Healey and BMC books
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The Moss [ a borrow ] Brooklands, Le Mans series and the US collection
In the cardboard cartons are the Vintage Motorsport collection " The Specials " and the big one is the Corvette Book by Dick Guldstrand - self published and marketed - mine I got around 2003 and it arrived in a US Postal Service Mail Sack with a lock on it - I wrote back and said did they want and was " keep it '.
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and the New Zealand collection - two of which I contributed to, too !!
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Many that I like, so no favourites really.
Hope you don't get a crick in your neck reading the titles
Missing is the Trevor Sheffield - self published " Ralph Watson - Special Engineer " as I am reading it at the moment.
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Hopefully there is a gap for it !!
Is anyone interested in accepting a gift of most NZ Classic Car, magazines from the early days up to about three years ago when I stopped buying it?
Ray yes I would - can collect when next in Auckland - have kept a few but mainly recent ones [ with all my house shifts " Her Indoors " wanted them gone.. CheersQuote:
Originally Posted by ERC
Roger
Thanks Roger. We are away Dec 11th to 27th, but any time is OK. My wife will be SO impressed... Now I have to address the rest of the stacks. Most are worth selling - or donating to a worthy cause if unsold. Chaindrive may be interested in some old model car magazines.
Doing the maths guess it is around 300 magazines all up that's quite a few boxes !!.Quote:
Originally Posted by ERC
Will keep in touch,
Cheers
Roger
"Alf Francis - Racing Mechanic".
I have a my own copy of the 'Motoring Book Club' edition, but found a hard copy of the original in one of the local charity shops yesterday. No dust jacket, a little faded, but otherwise OK. I'd already bought three books and with a kilo of monk fish and a 1.5km walk home ahead, no shopping bag, didn't want to carry any more.
A great book as I remember, when race mechanics had it really tough.
If anyone is interested ($7), I'll grab it - but be quick.
If still available, I'd be interested. I'll pay the shipping to France.
I never find this kind of gems in charity stores in France!
OK Remi. Got it for you! Email me your address and I'll also put the Ginetta pics onto a memory card for you. Can't do anything much for a week until I get the PC returned. If there are any other makes/models you are interested in, just let me know. Will be easy enough to stick them on.
NZ Classic Driver due out in Late September - early October will be the first of the quarterly editions as compared to bi-monthly until now.
In the Issue will be the story of the Telecom Classic Motorfest events of 1993 and 1994 - The article has been written by Laurie Brenssell - who was the Chairman of the organising committee.
Covers from the 1993 and 1994 Programmes; Images from Laurie's archives - I have other copies of both, one from Remi who owns the Tony Herbert Ginetta that raced there in 1994
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" POWER and the GLORY " indeed.
I knew this ran one year, but not two. Was the circuit the same both years and did they run bikes both years please?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
Circuit the same - and cars only Mate, the full entry lists on the " Telecom Classic " thread - the V8's used a lot of the Circuit.. will find a Map - now a " Lost Track " too ..Quote:
Originally Posted by jellywrestler
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I knew this ran one year, but not two. Was the circuit the same both years and did they run bikes both years please?
According to the programmes:
In 1993 there were two 5-lap Motorcycle Demonstrations.
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In 1994 the was a race on Saturday and two races on Sunday.
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My oops again Milan, I do not remember the Motorcycles - should read my own archives !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Milan Fistonic
The local Vintage Car Club has been purging the pile of books in its library, they have an abundance and I picked up this one:
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Good score Ray Bell - cheers
An interesting read, too...
I have started on a bit of a clear out.
This set of books really is excellent.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Lis...?id=2586380058
Check out my other listings for 3 Bburago model kits.
With " jellywrestler " posting / enquiring about Waiheke on Lost Tracks and the story / history of the New Zealand Tourist Trophy races,
Raced at Waiheke 1931 - 1950, moved to Seagrove, Manukau, then to Mangere [ where ? ] Ardmore in 1962 and eventually to Pukekohe in 1963.
Made me get out the Rhys Jones book - for some information - so now having a a full re-read.
published in 2008 by Phantom House - a Wellington Publishers..
Rhys being a Motorcycle Guy focuses a lot on the " Marlboro Series " but covers Saloons, the GroupA B and H and also Formula 5000 at one stage the Grand Prix category.
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Rhys writes
" ... the motorcycle fraternity, and their premier event the New Zealand T.T ( Tourist Trophy ) so named in deference to the Isle of Man T.T - were on course for the same destination [ Pukekohe ] " Italics mine.
dunno where the manukau came from, it went from seagrove to mangere, Ihumatoa area, tried to do a lap when in auckland last year and it was barricaded off, stopped just for a look and had my notes out and a large unfriendly person told me to eff off, when i said i was just looking at an old motorcycle race track he went to the next level telling me 'you journalists' i'm not a journalist, just a hobby writing, his poor daughter was in the car trying to get her dad to see sense, i was out of there as soon as i could....Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
jellywrestler bloody comma should have read " Seagrove Manukau, Mangere " ..
[ lots of people don't know where it ( Seagrove ) was ].
My oops..
Your further comment tried to do a lap ..etc .. pity the Mangere Natives are so restless ..
It's not that long ago that you could see the shape of Seagrove from the air.
Allan, yes - I looked at Google yesterday and very hard to define - the track was at the end of Seagrove Road which is now a farm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allan
The area described as Seagrove - next to Waiuau Pa.
In 1990 I took the Austin Healey Club on a run during the Annual Rally around a group of Motorsport venues in South Auckland /Franklin which included a visit to the end of Seagrove Road, [ not much to see even then ] and as luck would have as we returned to Pukekohe East to the Motel the entry gates at Pukekohe were open so we drove down to the area by the Tote building [ now demolished ] and the track gate was open, so .. after a very brief discussion - and a couple of rules don't go to fast and DO NOT PASS I led the whole group on an unofficial lap of the track, then we quietly drove out again. For many there only time ever on the track
It always was a farm at Seagrove, as were Waharoa and Raglan and others originally, "acquired" during the war as an airfield. When I went out there sometime in the 80's we went and asked the farmer if we could take a walk, to which he agreed. Many of the hexagonal concrete slabs were still in place, and being used for feed out areas, and parking farm machinery. It wasn't hard to figure the circuit and the way the airfield had been laid out.
Readings for the lockout.
A lot more waiting, but these ones are my choices for the month.
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I am re-reading some old Magazines - Sports Car World - from Australia 1961 - 1964 a few random copies that I was given.
- including this one.
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Grant Howard was their New Zealand correspondent .
In 2011 to celebrate Lakeside 50 years 1961 - 2011 - they ran a series of Special Events - apart from the usual series of meetings.
In April May July and August there were special themed meetings around the various classes of Classic / Historic Racing.
Moved to Queensland, Bribie Island in the May - only 40 minutes from Kurwongbah where the track is located.
- Missed the first two meetings but got to the last two, July August. got the Programmes and bought the 50th Anniversary Cap - which has a Racing Car embroidered in the shape of the Track
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Nearly up to the 60th Anniversary now, and may get there as this years trip - which should have been starting tomorrow is cancelled.
You don't happen to have the May 1962 issue of Sports Car World do you, Roger?
Looking for details from the Sandown Park International report in that...
Ray Bell, looking in the box - " the box " is what BMC BOY sent the magazines in to me, the answer is No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Bell
Sports Car World issues I have are
1960 - November
1961 - April, May July [ '61- Cover below '], September, October, November
1963 - June
1964 - March and April
1965 - September
1967 - September
1968 - October .
The other Australian Magazine is " Australian Motor Racing Annual - 1971 ".
Will scratch around though, as when this Country re-opens, will get to the " Greerton Vintage Fayre " and other local events and scour the " Op Shops " and " Secondhand Book Shops ".
Listed the issues in case others are looking for information
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Ray. Sandown report from SCW May 1962. I have a full set of Sports Car Worlds if you need any any other information from them.
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Brilliant, Milan, thanks for that detailQuote:
Originally Posted by Milan Fistonic
Just realised that the images have gone - the Site no doubt.
Milan, that would be great if you could send them to me...
r@ybell.net
I have just gone through my library and was a astounded at what I did have. Here are a few:
The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook by Jan McLaren & Richard Becht
Kiwi Bike Culture by Steve Holmes
Burt Munro – A Scrapbook of his life
The Vintage Years at Brooklands by Dr Joseph Bayley
Full Throttle by Sir Henry Birkin
Dick Seaman by HRH Prince Chula Chakkabongse
Motor Racing Facts and Figures by Rodney L Walkerley
McLaren Memories by Eoin Young
When the Flag Drops by Jack Brabham with Elizabeth Hayward
In the Track of Speed by Stirling Moss
Bruce McLaren, The Man and his Racing Team by Eoin Young
The Motorsport Photography of Terry Marshall
Classic Motorcycles – Norton by Don Morley
Zephyrs & Zodiacs by Tim Chadwick
Legends on Two Wheels by Rhys Jones
Saloon Motorsport in New Zealand by Tim Chadwick
Two of the books on Dad's smallest bookshelf alongside his lounge chair. Sadly, when I went over for his funeral, I never grabbed them, and should have done. They probably got grabbed along with about 800 other books when they started clearing some of the house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barrie
Guys, I am looking for this book, by Dick Messenger and Doug Woods.
Have had offers of a couple one signed one not, but thought would ask on here in case someone has a surplus to requirements copy - $50 ish or so - plus would pay postage !!
" Flat To The Boards A History of Motor Car Sport in New Zealand From 1901 to 1940
Messenger A R E, Wood Douglas E
Published by Craig Printing Co. Ltd., New Zealand, 1985 "
This is Michael Nidd the artists original Artwork
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PM me if interested in selling
Cheers
Roger