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More Fergie, sort of
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Attachment 10211
More Fergie, sort of
Now that can be another story. My late uncle went down and retreived them from Antarctica and bought them back. He was one of first to Scott Base back late 50s early 60s. He designed/built alot of it back then. Mum has photos somewhere.
Rod was your late uncle there when they took the Fiat 500 down there. Apparently it came back to NZ and was sold as a normal road car.
another pic
Standing behind the wing are: De Villota, Fangio, Villota's team manager who's name escapes me at the moment and Bill Robinson.
Last time I saw Bill he was living in Kerikeri. He ran Villota in his McLaren M23 and then Lotus 78(?) out of the Lyncar workshop in Slough.
Bill, if you are the mystery poster, how the hell are you?
Found a couple more Antartic pics [ATTACH=CONFIG]10234[/ATTACH. Isn't it great that if its got a motor its fair game on TRS. Attachment 10235
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The Fiat 500 that was at Scott Base until 1965. Being aircooled it never needed antifreeze.
They have one of the Tucker Snow Cats in the Antarctic Museum in Christchurch.It's a very impressive machine, but it looks awfully complex and fragile. The long driveshafts leading from the engine to the diffs at each end must have been a big problem because they are very long, not very substantial, and unsupported for their length. They must have whipped around more than the raffle seller at the Kaukop pub.
The Fergie used to be at Motat but I think it has been refurbished and is also now at the Antarctic Museum. It looks like a far better machine for the job in terms of robust simplicity, but the flimsy cabs must have made life pretty difficult for the drivers in that environment.
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I recall taking this photo possibly at Ruapuna, beyond that it is one of those photo's that has intrigued me for many years. Interesting car/motor combination that had an issue with gravity later the same day.
A30/35 with a 6 Holden? Almost a Brock look alike except the date on the photo is a bit interesting! Is that May 67?
No, I'm going with a Triumph 6. Its got 12 ports on the RH side.
Definitely a 2000 (2500) rocker cover as I have one in my garage-the breathers are add ons. Could anyone keep those original twin carbs in tune? The old man used to have one and I just about wore out the o/d on 3rd and top. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd o/d, back to 4th and then 4th o/d. the all original 6 speed box - had a little lever to twiddle with. Just about as much fun as the push buttons on the Valiant. Chris Read-Arrowtown.
I did not think I knew anything about 6 cylinders, conclusively proven!
A30 with Triumph, interesting. How the hell did they get it in there, would have been nice to work on. And the battery is even in there as well.
Attachment 10252Interesting ideas there, I was given to understand it was a Vanguard 6 but never having owned one cannot say. Yes it was May 67, jamie had his 50th the night before.
Good Morning USA Dog will have to take you in hand when I see you at the Weekend .Thanks for the tip on the Classic driver Jamiw A