Another neat picture of Fred and his buddies. Take time to study that photo.......it's priceless.
Talk about a 'patina of age'...........not only the car!
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Another neat picture of Fred and his buddies. Take time to study that photo.......it's priceless.
Talk about a 'patina of age'...........not only the car!
Trevor, my father-in-law is about your age, and was an auto sparky in the family business (C.E. Monty Whites) in Frankton, Hamilton. He learnt his trade from his father, who had worked at Lucas (in Coventry, iirc). He held 6-volt VWs in the greatest disdain.:o
Happy Birthday Trevor
Not sure about the Grandad's Axe description, I took this photo 51 years ago (November 1962) and most of the visible parts look the same, apart from different bonnet line to accomodate different motor. (more than I can say about myself!). Probably first ten years saw most of the changes.
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(Grahame Harvey at Chamberlain Road Bombay)
Stu Buchanan
Great photos, keep 'em coming!:D
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The one car that I would have taken home, if I had been so lucky, was the Alfa Romeo 1750. It was parked outside the door to 'Hamptons' and I presume came from Southwards, as I saw their trailer in the park. This model, or similar, was the one that Nuvolari won the Mille Miglia with in 1930, beating his friend and rival Varzi also in an Alfa.
It sounded absolutely gorgeous when started up, with the supercharger wailing away.
I may have missed it, but I don't see it on here, and I am sure Nigel has a shot of it somewhere.
Your wish is my command..
And still no pics (other than when filling the gearbox) of Bubbles :(
How beautifully delicate that car is. You wouldn't think that it could withstand the pounding that Nuvolari gave it for 1000 miles, 1600 kilometres round the Mille Miglia. Funnily enough at the end, his tyres were hardly worn, although the fronts had been changed as a precaution at half distance, and his brakes were like brand new. Mind you he was known to be easy on the brakes, simply because he hardly ever used them, preferring instead to throw the car into a corner sideways to scrub off speed!!!
Sorry, never even managed to see the car on track!
Suggestions:
1) Change the colour scheme to the same colour as your Austin...
2) If you run it at the Chelsea Hillclimb in November, I'll take an action pic
3) We'll be up at Paihia again before the end of May, so maybe a quick photo shoot on the public road?
Look at all the room in the cockpit of the Alfa Romeo compared to that of the Bugatti. It is a tight squeeze even for Terry who is not a large man. Also remember that Ron used to store all his worldly possessions in the passenger compartment, including some large trophies that he had won, when he drove to the South Island to compete in the car.
Thanks for photos Guys.
On the Bugatti engine they might have, but the Jaguar has a different distributor drive to the Bugatti, which of course you already know.
Not sure what that rev counter is out of, if anything. Maybe an aftermarket item.
Roger you say tongue in cheek but Terry moved it from the pre 1945 group up to the pre 1961 group and it ticked all the boxes as a pre 1961 vehicle. VCC and MSNZ have no problem with that.
Talking of Hot Rods we were also happy to run a 1939 Ford Coupe with a pre 1961 Chev OHV V8 in our saloon field Once again it ticked all the boxes as a genuine pre 1961 vehicle. Sadly it was not able to run due to a mechanical problem but it was certainly eligible.