Quote by Ray - " Last pic taken as we left. I should have spent a bit of time wandering the car park - but my ankles were stuffed"
Didn't fall down down a crack did you?
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Quote by Ray - " Last pic taken as we left. I should have spent a bit of time wandering the car park - but my ankles were stuffed"
Didn't fall down down a crack did you?
Nope - but I was exhausted...
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The driver of this Star car, Tony Christiansen lost both his legs in a railway accident when he was just 9 years old.
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The Lagonda was just cruising.
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The Thompsons 1955 D Type replica. Many of you will remember Anne's very spirited driving of the 1906 Darracq, now owned by Rod Millen.
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Colourful Mazda!
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Colourful commentator Chudleigh, not quite as impressive as Robbie Shorter's head stand... (#1306).
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A smiling Alan Dippie had time to wave at the crowd.
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I somehow missed most cars from this group in action on the hill. Maybe next year.
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'Ere, Dad, I think the guy behind might be a bit quicker...'
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Mad Mike put on another impressive driving display.
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One of 2016's stars, Rick Bone, has removed the big engine (2000cc) and reverted to the 1500cc engine. A tribute drive for the late Stephen Harris, our AES sponsor.
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Good to see another quarter past three competing- 2 door as well
I have been offline for a few days, it has been interesting catching up with comments from the festival.
Congratulations to Kenny. He deserved the honour and certainly drove very well. Next year Bathurst! I would have thought that there were still plenty of people and manufacturers whom deserve a festival. Scott Dixon, arguably the best driver NZ has produced. Ford, Colin Giltrap, etc, etc.
I did not enjoy the meeting. Poor organisation, some drivers whose cheque books are bigger than their ability who only come out once a year. I would love to see some drivers being told to put their cars on the trailer and come back when they know how to drive on a race track. I got driven off the track going around the outside of a Formula Pacific in turn one. He had wings and slicks and 200hp. I have treaded tyres, no wings and about 120hp. Next time I will report it to the officials instead of talking to the driver concerned.
The new track I found featureless and apart from the double B corner not easy to find brake and turn in points. But it was the same
for all cars.
On the subject of dummy grid identification I know of several drivers who have hopped in a mates car and gone out and raced. One had the misfortune to break down and coast to a stop in front of the Steward of the meeting!!
The grid marshals do a great job, but all they see are cars and numbers. It would help if grid numbers were displayed on the dummy grid.
Retrieving broken cars takes far too long. Use quad bikes or similar positioned around the track. Hook onto a broken car, drag it to a safe place and at the end of the next race take it back to the pits.
My comments probably haven't helped much, but it was not a memorable meeting.
Beowulf
Seeing a Consul 315 competing or even on the road brings back memories to me.Back in the day I was running a Mk one Escort in club rallies and hillclimbs, all 315 Consuls that got dismantled then,the first thing the Car Wrecker sold were the rear brake drums and shoes.They were considerably wider and larger diameter, ideal for a club car. You could set your brakes up on an adjustable pedal box.
Peter
ERC mentions drivers not reading the ASR's for a meeting properly. In the Good Old Days (GOD) I ran an Autocross on my farm. I added a rule to the event that at the end of the event all cars entered became the property of R.Wright.
At the barbecue afterwards when the results were announced I also asked for all car keys of everyone entered. A couple of BDA Escorts and various other desirable cars. I think it got the message across about reading what you are signing.
Very hard not to agree with you Beowulf, especially with the vehicle recovery time delays. Each year I go, and each year the same problems or mistakes arise or are made. There doesn't seem to be anyone looking at how to improve the efficiency of the ruling of the meetings. For the supposed premier meeting of the year, it's frustrating that they can't seem to get such basic things right or at least better. If it was a club event you could probably accept these issues, but not for the biggest event of the year run by supposedly the best there is.
When the likes of HD are taking over the running and promoting of meetings, and especially with the jacking up of entry fees ( not only HD related ), I don't think it is unreasonable to expect a more professional product for your entry fee $. They all say the increase in entry fees is to cover the "safety levy", but what does the levy actually cover that we didn't have before, and how has anything improved since this levy was introduced? Cars out in the wrong races, and people driving their mates' car, is going backwards in the safety stakes, not increasing them.
Sorry for derailing your thread Ray. Great photos from Leadfoot, I will have to get down there one year.
Remember your first ever event? Trembling in your boots, having read every word of the entry form a dozen times; consulted the MSNZ/RAC manual, until you were cross eyed; fretted over being in the correct class, (if there was one!); worrying yourself sick over scrutineering; writing out a cheque (remember them?) and posting off your entry the day the ASR's arrived, just in case the entry was full? (It sometimes was!)
Just had the entries list to date for the HRC Feb 18/19 meeting at Pukekohe. A total of 17 cars across all classes... I also guarantee that the entry will lift by at least 10% AFTER the closing date.
On a different note, Debbie at the Motorsport Club is desperately short of volunteers for this Saturday, 11th Feb, Hampton Downs AND Pukekohe. If you can assist in any way: deb @themotorsportclub.com (delete the space)
Gordon Burr has rebuilt the V8 Escort and was going well.
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Tanner Foust returned after a successful 2016 debut.
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The ever popular Ernie Nagamatsu and Old Yeller, Buick Special.
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The Dick Jones Special (another US car originally) back out again with Bruce Smythe after a long lay off. Bruce said he was delighted to be on the programme with Old Yeller, so presumably, these two (cars) had competed against each other some years ago? *Had a note from Rhys that they have been unable to find any proof of any US history on this car.
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Whoopsies...
Racing Ray's Perana Capri was lucky to suffer only very minor damage after an off between the trees - he put it down to cold tyres and reverted to road tyres for his next run.
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Not sure what had happened here
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Mike Tubbs had a big grin on his face as he did a 360.
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Not sure what happened here either
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No whoopsie here but what an impressive display Ian Ffitch puts on.
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Greg Murphy giving the newly constructed rally Barina a shakedown.
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Brings back memories! Gordon Spice owned the Speed Shop in Ashford Middlesex and as I was stationed there for six years, I bought many of my accessories and some go faster stuff from him. I think his branch manager, Gerry, used to run a Ford Zephyr in the pre '57 saloon's.
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I do wish that replicas were labelled as such...
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Ray, I'm in agreement with you regarding the labeling of replicas, perhaps adding a small R beside the car number would work. I've seen enough well engineered GT40s up here which totally confuse me and sometimes the owners are offended when I ask if their car is a replica ( well, the owners of the genuine article are understandably annoyed)....
It isn't so bad in competition Grant, or when you can get close to the car, but where a big issue is when I snap a car in public or other than at an event and it makes filing a bit hit and miss. I always add a disclaimer, 'That to the best of my knowledge...' I'm, sure there are several car pics I have filed
incorrectly.
Probably easier in NZ than in your neck of the woods!
I struggle with Americana and more recent single seaters - now it is the modern breed of sports cars such as Radical, Nemesis, Mission, Juno etc., that flummoxes me. Maybe if I were 60 years younger, I'd be more observant. It doesn't help if there is no nose badge either - and that goes for old as well as new.
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The Boss... A bit of a contrast from the Darracq.
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Obviously not the Adams BMW 2002 as stated in the programme... Still Paul Adams driving though.
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The Briggs Mercury Special but as I published a pic of it at the Chelsea Hillclimb not so long ago, it suited a conversion to a black and white pic.
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As Pikes Peak is well entrenched in the Millen History, Rod is able to attract several cars that you would normally only see there, so it is fantastic that they ship them over here just for this event and one of the factors that makes it unique. Paul Dallenbach.
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Sandy Mygind (it is actually Andy, but we presented him with a 'Sandbag' award last year at the ERC dinner, and renamed him... A few seconds after this pic was taken, the driver's door flew open so I guess that as it was captured on camera, there will be another award this year.
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Part of the group I missed, on the hill - but I gather it failed to make the top.
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Ex Red Dawson Willys
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Another Pikes Peak car. Dave Donner.
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If Alec Issigonis were alive today, he might recognise most of this...
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... but not this.
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Usually seen 3 wheeling on corners, Rayden Smith also manages to get a wheel off the ground on the straight.
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Stanford Special, well known as an ex-Bruce McLaren car.
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I wonder if the bride also came to Leadfoot?
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Being a bit pedantic here, but shouldn't this be labelled as a Bugatti-Jaguar? Although it has a great NZ history, it has had a Jaguar engine since 1953.
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Bert Dove, best known a few years ago for racing an immaculate Triumph TR3A, then last year, an ex-NASCAR machine.
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My favourite, The Riley Moth. Missed it on the hill...
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Having owned Minis continuously since February 1967, a staggering 50 years, I really don't recognise anything under this Mini bonnet! Beautifully done though.
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I hope they run a strut tower brace on that mini
Is it needed? Looking at the photo the loads on that coilover are vertical?? The top wishbone is not much above crank pulley, isn't that where all the other loads will be? The lower end of the coilover is on a swivel on the top wishbone, so I think the strutbrace wouldn't have too much function. Often wrong though.
Last batch from Leadfoot.
Now back to sorting, cropping, naming and filing the Festival pics...
Finally managed to finish filing pics from the January meetings. Phew!
As mentioned elsewhere, a lot of research is sometimes required and this batch is yet another that has been or had been in one of the the 'UNDATED' folders. Slowly but surely, some gaps are being filled in as others build their websites. Just one dated pic added to one website, can provide the key to dating many others, so there is a lot of going backwards.
Identifying current pics is a breeze in comparison, but as others have found out, it can still be very, very time consuming.
Donington UK, all Pre 1983. Dates to be confirmed.
The MGCC T type series - and I apologise if I have posted any of these before. I believe the car at the front came to NZ - for a while - under the stewardship of Neville Marriner, but I never saw it here.
What I find fascinating is that modern Tier 1 races often seem to struggle to get 14 cars on a grid, yet back in the 1980's, a single make series for 30 year old cars not only got the numbers, but the crowd loved it! I'm no fan as a rule of single make/model series but there are exceptions.
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A Marcos owners club meeting by the looks of it. Little did I know back then.
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This is a real mix!
I have absolutely no idea where this was taken or when. One of Dad's old negs, but on sheet film, not glass. I'm guessing its a Bugatti, or a tatty Bugatti lookalike, but other than that, absolutely zero details and very little to go on, so this may live permanently in the undated folder.
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Brands Hatch 1976 and your's truly's only single seater experience, which was totally over-shadowed by a run in the passenger seat of the instructor's Escort Mexico.
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Formula Ford tangle, possibly 1980 but definitely Cadwell Park.
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What happened to the Tuatara? Whenuapai.
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Mal Clark's Zephyr ute (Rover V8 power?) which I think was sold to Japan. Richard Atkinson's plywood chassis V6 Marcos in the background, now owned by Phil Foulkes of Formula Ford fame. Possibly for sale.
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This part restored Greeves is for sale. New seat cover, new shocks, new rectifier and just about all bits to finish it, but most in unrestored condition.
Engine has supposedly been checked and has been kicked over regularly. Still on the UK system with the plate 55 CEW - which is probably worth way more than the bike over there! Approximate valuation of the plate has been around £4000 - if the bike is returned to the UK and has an MoT. Any serious offer considered. Just send me a PM.
I'm obviously not going to get it finished and as it is shared with my brother, who is still in a UK hospital after being bowled over on a zebra crossing in Spain, just before Christmas, would be nice for him to get a few dollars.
Models
Donington Collection's BRM P25 model.
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There was a time when Scalextric Models were fairly basic, but I have shifted from 1/43 scale overpriced models, to collecting the occasional 1/32 Scalextric Models as they seem to me to be better value and the detail is just fantastic.
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My budget doesn't run to these models.
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Maserati factory 2012.
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Dad's ERA E type model kit.
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This plated BRM model I think, was produced for Marks & Spencers.
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Love those models
Yup. I just wish there were more reasonably priced kits around.
Has anyone managed to get to grips with scanning and then using a 3D printer?
I'd love to do a 1/32 or larger model of the Marcos Volvo 3L but to the best of my knowledge, apart from slot cars of the later wide body LM500/600 and the 1/43 Corgi V6, there is nothing!
I could probably modify a bonnet of the Corgi V6 but the model is also of the plywood chassis car rather than metal chassis and the tail lights are also different. Upscaling with 3D software shouldn't be too difficult after a scan, nor modifying before print, but not many people have got to grips with it as yet.
Just scanned these. Somewhat random...
First 2 might give someone apoplexy. First was probably taken about 1970 and the rights to reproduce these cars is now held by a Nottingham firm. Ironically, this particular car probably still exists, as it is shown on their website gallery, now with a black roof - and my pic was taken not too far from their current works.
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Another rarity from the Donington Collection. Is this still there I wonder? (I'll name them both later...)
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Club circuit Pukekohe 1983
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September 11th 1986
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September 11th 1986
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Intrigued by this pic, as I thought it was probably taken at the same time as the Marina V8, but as this is still in its plastic mount, it is stamped January 1987. That means I have no idea when it was actually taken!
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Thanks Sean regarding the Bellasi F1 car.
Don't you think it certainly looked a lot like the Lotus 70 F5000 car ?
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I can see the similarity, without the nostrils that the Lotus has... However, it has a very interesting story behind it!!
Silvio Moser purchased the Brabham BT24 that Piers Courage drove for Frank Williams in the 1969 Tasman series, re engined it and competed with it in F1 in 1969, earning a single point at the USGP at Watkins Glen. By that stage he knew he would need a monocoque chassis to replace the tubular framed Brabham, thats where Guglielmo Bellasi came in.
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Taking the Brabham as a base, Bellasi created a monocoque using the tubular frame as a sub frame, unfortunately, the result was nowhere near as competitive as the Brabham had been, Moser drove it through 1970 failing to qualify for all its appearances in 1970 except the Austrian GP, then returning in 1971, he only entered the non championship Argentinian GP and as a final appearance, the 1971 Italian GP.
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Yes it is Andrew
seaqnmac277
correct Terry O'Brien in Capri had nice 302 from jet boat in it, motor duel use. later car was white. oh and it was quick.